Re: [NET] 64 bit byte counter for 2.6.3

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:14:55 +0200
Meelis Roos [off-list ref] wrote:

SH>  * Network changes gets discussed on netdev@oss.sgi.com 
SH>  * 64 bit values are not atomic on 32 bit architectures 

Agree.

SH>  * wider values in /proc output risks breaking apps like ifconfig and netstat

This is probably not a problem here, ifconfig etc have been working fine
with non-wrapping numbers on sparc64 and other 64-bit machines.

Looking at current net-tools source, they are doing sscanf into a long-long-unsigned
value already.