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When detected in ethtool_get_strings():\n # ethtool -S eth2\n no stats available\n\n2. When detected in get stats, all stats will be reported as zero.\n\nBoth cases are presumably transient, and a subsequent ethtool call\nshould succeed.\n\nOther than the overflow avoidance, these two cases are very evident (no\noutput/cleared stats), which is arguably better than presenting\nincorrect/shifted stats.\nI also considered returning an error instead of a \"silent\" response, but\nthat seems more destructive towards userspace apps.\n\nNotes:\n- This patch does not claim to fix the inherent race, it only makes sure\n that we do not overflow the userspace buffer, and makes for a more\n predictable behavior.\n\n- RTNL lock is held during each ioctl, the race window exists between\n the separate ioctl calls when the lock is released.\n\n- Userspace ethtool always fills stats.n_stats, but it is likely that\n these stats ioctls are implemented in other userspace applications\n which might not fill it. 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