Re: Annoying /proc/net/dev rollovers.

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On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:16:16PM -0600, Mark J Roberts wrote:

> The rolling-over of /proc/net/dev fields annoys me.

Why?

How often does it happen?

> total_rx_bytes += rx_bytes;

if lval is 64-bit, then this cannot be done reliably on all
architectures

  --cw
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