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netxen: fix a race in netxen_nic_get_stats()

Dont clear netdev->stats, it might give transient wrong values to
concurrent stat readers.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Eric Dumazet 15 years ago
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      drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c

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drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c

@@ -2032,8 +2032,6 @@ struct net_device_stats *netxen_nic_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct netxen_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct net_device_stats *stats = &netdev->stats;
 
-	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));
-
 	stats->rx_packets = adapter->stats.rx_pkts + adapter->stats.lro_pkts;
 	stats->tx_packets = adapter->stats.xmitfinished;
 	stats->rx_bytes = adapter->stats.rxbytes;