[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] u64_stats: Allow u64_stats_add() to accept s64

David Yang mmyangfl at gmail.com
Sun Jan 25 14:07:49 PST 2026


The current u64_stats_add() accepts only unsigned long, which makes no
sense as u64_stats_set() accepts u64 already, and causes unnecessary
narrowing on 32-bit architectures.

Moreover, since there's no u64_stats_sub(), users may be tempted to
reuse it for decrements, which already happened on nft_counter_reset()
in net/netfilter/nft_counter.c .

Change to s64 to allow both positive and negative values.

Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl at gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
index 457879938fc1..e77f2b30bac7 100644
--- a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
+++ b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static inline void u64_stats_set(u64_stats_t *p, u64 val)
 	local64_set(&p->v, val);
 }
 
-static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, unsigned long val)
+static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, s64 val)
 {
 	local64_add(val, &p->v);
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static inline void u64_stats_set(u64_stats_t *p, u64 val)
 	p->v = val;
 }
 
-static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, unsigned long val)
+static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, s64 val)
 {
 	p->v += val;
 }
-- 
2.51.0




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