| To: | Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: netdev.stats change suggestion |
| From: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:32:12 -0500 |
| Cc: | Donald Becker <becker@xxxxxxxxx>, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Devera <devik@xxxxxx>, davem@xxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| Organization: | MandrakeSoft |
| References: | <Pine.LNX.4.10.10201251551080.743-100000@vaio.greennet> <3C51DA6B.4090302@candelatech.com> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Ben Greear wrote:
>
> Donald Becker wrote:
>
> > I used to get a zillion requests (and patches) to clear the counters.
> > The "multiple readers" answer is the most easily understood response to
> > this FRF (Frequently Requested mis-Feature).
>
> There's a fairly small difference between wrapping a 32-bit number and
> clearing the counters...
Not really... the wrapping happens for free, clearing counters is an
operation that (as I say) you have to think about.
Jeff
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