On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:37:23 +0300 Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (offtopic)
Well..., it *is* ontopic I'm afraid... > > We are reading u64 read_bytes/write_bytes which could be updated > asynchronously. > /proc/pid/io does the same. > > Of course, I don't blame this patch, just a stupid question: can we do > something? > I guess not. We could do a proper thing with a seqlock (only needed on 32bit arches) See for example what is done for i_size in struct inode, with i_size_seqcount Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
