RE: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-12 Thread David Laight
From: Al Viro > > I think the problem with wmnet is not that it was expecting the fields > > to be aligned because it never had problems before (when definitely more > > than 10 megabytes were received, wmnet is crappy but not _that_ crappy). > > > > I think the problem really was here, > > > >

RE: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-12 Thread David Laight
From: Al Viro I think the problem with wmnet is not that it was expecting the fields to be aligned because it never had problems before (when definitely more than 10 megabytes were received, wmnet is crappy but not _that_ crappy). I think the problem really was here,

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-11 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 at 1:39:13 +, Al Viro wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 01:33:35AM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > > I think the problem with wmnet is not that it was expecting the fields > > to be aligned because it never had problems before (when definitely more > > than 10 megabytes

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-11 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 at 1:39:13 +, Al Viro wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 01:33:35AM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: I think the problem with wmnet is not that it was expecting the fields to be aligned because it never had problems before (when definitely more than 10 megabytes were

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 01:33:35AM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > I think the problem with wmnet is not that it was expecting the fields > to be aligned because it never had problems before (when definitely more > than 10 megabytes were received, wmnet is crappy but not _that_ crappy). > > I

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 at 1:00:36 +, Al Viro wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:27:06AM +, Al Viro wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > > [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt > > > Inter-| Receive

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:27:06AM +, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt > > Inter-| Receive| Transmit > > face |bytespackets errs drop fifo

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 at 0:27:06 +, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt > > Inter-| Receive| Transmit > > face |bytespackets errs drop fifo

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Al Viro
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt > Inter-| Receive| Transmit > face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes > packets errs drop fifo

/proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
I use a dockapp called 'wmnet' [1] to monitor the speed of my internet connection and after the kernel v3.18 it does no longer work properly (it still doesn't work in v3.19-rc3) I bisected the problem and the culprit is this commit: commit 6e094bd805a9b6ad2f5421125db8f604a166616c Author: Rafał

/proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
I use a dockapp called 'wmnet' [1] to monitor the speed of my internet connection and after the kernel v3.18 it does no longer work properly (it still doesn't work in v3.19-rc3) I bisected the problem and the culprit is this commit: commit 6e094bd805a9b6ad2f5421125db8f604a166616c Author: Rafał

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 01:33:35AM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: I think the problem with wmnet is not that it was expecting the fields to be aligned because it never had problems before (when definitely more than 10 megabytes were received, wmnet is crappy but not _that_ crappy). I think

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Al Viro
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt Inter-| Receive| Transmit face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:27:06AM +, Al Viro wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt Inter-| Receive| Transmit face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 at 0:27:06 +, Al Viro wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt Inter-| Receive| Transmit face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame

Re: /proc/net/dev regression

2015-01-10 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 at 1:00:36 +, Al Viro wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:27:06AM +, Al Viro wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:25:18PM +, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: [mafra@linux-g29b:wmnet]$ cat net_dev_bad.txt Inter-| Receive|