Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net/smc: introduce statistics for allocated ringbufs of link group

[Wen Gu]

On 2024/8/14 22:48, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:12:41 +0800 Wen Gu wrote:
> > > Danielle added one to libmnl:
> > >
> > > https://git.netfilter.org/libmnl/commit/?id=102942be401a99943b2c68981b238dadfa788f2d
> > >
> > > Intention is to use it in ethtool once it appears in a released version
> > > of libmnl.
> >
> > Thanks, that is a good example.
>
> FWIW - technically the kernel version of a uint / sint are only either
> 32b or 64b, because smaller types get padded to 4bytes in netlink
> messages, anyway. But doesn't hurt for the get. For the put make sure
> you don't narrow down too much.

Understand. Thanks.