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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:41:11 -0800
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: Mark J Roberts <mjr@znex.org>
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Subject: 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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