Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751257AbVK2G2W (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:28:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751296AbVK2G2W (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:28:22 -0500 Received: from smtp.ispwest.com ([216.52.245.18]:10764 "EHLO ispwest-email1.mdeinc.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751257AbVK2G2V convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:28:21 -0500 X-Modus-BlackList: 216.52.245.25=OK;kjak@ispwest.com=OK X-Modus-Trusted: 216.52.245.25=YES Message-ID: X-EM-APIVersion: 2, 0, 1, 0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Reply-To: "Kris Katterjohn" From: "Kris Katterjohn" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Resetting packet statistics Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:28:18 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 684 Lines: 17 From: David S. Miller Sent: 11/28/2005 10:12:38 PM > You can't change existing behavior in order to get the new behavior > you want. Some applications might be depending upon what happens > currently. Is there a way to work around this? It seems to me this is a better way of doing it because it doesn't require extra variables on the user's end and the stats are only changed if you explicitly ask for it. Do you agree with that? Kris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/