> This is bad idea > > Atomic is even more expensive and only one thread should be updating > at a time. If you want to handle 32 bit platforms then something > like the Linux kernel mechanism for stats is needed. It does: > - on 32 bit platforms does a multiple read look (like seqlock) > - on 64 bit platforms is just regular operations.
ack. I will revert atomic stats and keep the existing approach (consistent with other eth drivers).
