Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:12:38 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <20051128.221238.09510598.davem@davemloft.net>
To: kjak@users.sourceforge.net, kjak@ispwest.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Resetting packet statistics
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: "Kris Katterjohn" <kjak@ispwest.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:55:52 -0800

> These patches keep getsockopt(PACKET_STATISTICS) from resetting the packet
> stats to zero and it creates PACKET_RESET_STATISTICS, which is used with
> setsockopt(), to zero the packet stats.
> 
> Signed-off by: Kris Katterjohn <kjak@users.sourceforge.net>

You can't change existing behavior in order to get the new behavior
you want.  Some applications might be depending upon what happens
currently.
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