Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: add STP xstats

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Hi Nikolay,

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:50:10 +0200, Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Why do you need percpu ? All of these seem to be incremented with the
> >> bridge lock held. A few more comments below.
> > 
> > All other xstats are incremented percpu, I simply followed the pattern.
> > 
> 
> We have already a lock, we can use it and avoid the whole per-cpu memory handling.
> It seems to be acquired in all cases where these counters need to be changed.

Since the other xstats counters are currently implemented this way, I prefer
to keep the code as is, until we eventually change them all if percpu is in
fact not needed anymore.

The new series is ready and I can submit it now if there's no objection.


Thanks,

	Vivien



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