[ovs-dev] [PATCH 4/9] net: openvswitch: use this_cpu_ptr per-cpu helper

[Christoph Lameter]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Shan Wei wrote:

> Christoph Lameter said, at 2012/11/3 1:46:
> >>  		u64_stats_update_begin(&stats->sync);
> >>  		stats->tx_packets++;
> >
> > Use this_cpu_inc(vport->percpu_stats->packets) here?
>
> Lots of network drivers use u64_stats_sync infrastructure for statistics

So they would all have an advantage from the patch.