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The only factor differentiating per-CPU bstats data type (struct gnet_stats_basic_cpu) from the packed non-per-CPU one (struct gnet_stats_basic_packed) was a u64_stats sync point inside the former. The two data types are now equivalent: earlier commits added a u64_stats sync point to the latter. Combine both data types into "struct gnet_stats_basic_sync". This eliminates redundancy and simplifies the bstats read/write APIs. Use u64_stats_t for bstats "packets" and "bytes" data types. On 64-bit architectures, u64_stats sync points do not use sequence counter protection. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.