From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267613AbUBRSR0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:17:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267750AbUBRSRZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:17:25 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:404 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267613AbUBRSRY convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:17:24 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:17:11 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Markus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4stbacka?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: [NET] 64 bit byte counter for 2.6.3 Message-Id: <20040218101711.25dda791@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: <1077123078.9223.7.camel@midux> References: <1077123078.9223.7.camel@midux> Organization: Open Source Development Lab X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:51:19 +0200 Markus Hästbacka wrote: > Ok, Here's a patch for 64 bit byte counters for 2.6.3. For any intrested > users to try. > > That means in english that the limit for RX bytes and TX bytes (in > ifconfig for example) is much higher than the old 4GB limit on 32 bit > systems. > > Orginal patch by Miika Pekkarinen, ported forward from 2.5 by me. > > Patch says 2.6.3-rc1, but patches cleanly on 2.6.3. > > Markus Some quick comments: * Network changes gets discussed on netdev@oss.sgi.com * 64 bit values are not atomic on 32 bit architectures * wider values in /proc output risks breaking apps like ifconfig and netstat