Re: [NET] 64 bit byte counter for 2.6.3

[Richard B. Johnson]

Markus Hästbacka <midian@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, Here's a patch for 64 bit byte counters for 2.6.3. For any intrested
> users to try.

Manipulation of a 'long long' is not atomic in 32 bit architectures.
Please explain how we don't care, if we shouldn't care. Also some
/proc entries might get read incorrectly with existing tools.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.24 on an Pentium III machine (1797.90
BogoMips).
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