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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:28:42 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: 64 bit netdev stats counter
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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   From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
   Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:27:09 -0700
   
   Could you make the counters per-cpu and only add them all up
   in the rare case where someone wants to read the stats?
   
   And then change all the drivers ;)

Since spinlocks are held %99 of the time when these counters are
bumped, I'd like to suggest another more sane and space optimized
solution :-)
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