Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:27:08 -0800 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [NET] 64 bit byte counter for 2.6.3 |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:14:55 +0200 Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee> wrote:
> SH> * Network changes gets discussed on netdev@oss.sgi.com > SH> * 64 bit values are not atomic on 32 bit architectures > > Agree. > > SH> * wider values in /proc output risks breaking apps like ifconfig and netstat > > This is probably not a problem here, ifconfig etc have been working fine > with non-wrapping numbers on sparc64 and other 64-bit machines.
Looking at current net-tools source, they are doing sscanf into a long-long-unsigned value already.
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