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SubjectRe: Since so many people have asked me this
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> In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.961102144109.794A-100000@linux.cs.helsinki.fi>,
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>
> >... The day we need more than 4GB
> >counters for socket memory allocation I think I'll retire ;)
>
> Probably sometime around 2005 if the last 20 years is anything to go by.
>
> :-)

typedef mindbogglingly long counter_t;

Linus: if you get a moment (hahaha) just bump the accounting to use long
long and %L (Im assuming printk does support %L)

Alan


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