Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2011-11-19

Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components.

From: Jesse Gross <hidden>
Date: 2011-11-19 18:19:42

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM, David Miller [off-list ref] wrote:
From: Stephen Hemminger <redacted>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:09:17 -0800 (PST)
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Stephen Hemminger
[off-list ref] wrote:
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:12:18 -0800
Jesse Gross [off-list ref] wrote:
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+             write_seqcount_begin(&stats->seqlock);
+             stats->tx_packets++;
+             stats->tx_bytes += sent;
+             write_seqcount_end(&stats->seqlock);
There is a u64_stats_sync set of macros for this. It has the
advantage of becoming a NOP on 64 bit platforms.
The reason why I did it this way is it ties the packet and byte count
together.
Ok, but why bother?
No other software counters bother to group bytes/packets. Even
hardware counters get read separately.
Agreed, this is totally pointless.  Please use the u64 state interfaces.
That's fine, I'll change it.
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