Subject: Re: [PATCH] Optimize loopback stats

From: Nivedita Singhvi <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:49:51 -0800

Nivedita Singhvi wrote:
> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> 
>>   This patch optimizes the loopback driver's statistics by using a single
>> counter for rx and tx stats instead of one for rx and one for tx.  It 
>> also
>> adds unlikely() to the test for TSO since it's no longer supported by 
>> default.
>> (Maybe the TSO code should be bracketed by "#if 0" ?)
> 
> 
> Hmm, some of us want those counters separate - if this is really
> needed, could it be a configurable option, please?

Or we could live with the appropriate patches to ip, ifconfig,
reporting them separately (halving them). That would be fine.

thanks,
Nivedita