On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 14:23 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> I disagree that we should bother about clearing statistics.  It always 
> adds more complication than necessary.  Few (if any) other statistics in 
> Linux permit easy clearing, 

iptables -Z

> often because adding operations other than 
> 'increment' or 'read' requires adding expensive spinlocks or atomic 
> operations.

Why is 'set to N' so different from 'increment'?

- Andy


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