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[Xen-devel] Re: [GIT/PATCH v4] xen network backend driver

To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [GIT/PATCH v4] xen network backend driver
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:15:55 -0800
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:02:33 +0000
Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +struct xenvif {
> +     /* Unique identifier for this interface. */
...
> +     struct net_device_stats stats;
> +

There is already a stats struct in net_device in current kernel
versions, unless there is a compelling reason otherwise
please use that.

Also, you probably want to implement per-cpu and 64 bit
stats.

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