netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/3] ethtool: Add link down reason callback

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Date:   Sat, 24 Jun 2017 21:04:35 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Vidya Sagar Ravipati <vidya@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        David Decotigny <decot@...glers.com>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/3] ethtool: Add link down reason callback

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:09:04AM +0300, Gal Pressman wrote:
> 
> >> +enum {
> >> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_VENDOR_SPECIFIC = -1, /* Vendor specific issue provided in vendor_reason */
> >> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_NO_ISSUE, /* No issue observed with link */
> >> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_REASON_UNKNOWN, /* Unknown reason */
> > I think OTHER would be better that UNKNOWN. 
> 
> Fine with me.
> >> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_NETDEV_CARRIER_DOWN, /* Netdev carrier is down */
> >> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_ADMIN_DOWN, /* Admin down */
> > These two are interesting. We have that information already. Why do we
> > want it again?
> 
> My goal is to gather all link issue reasons in one place.

I'm actually wondering if this is a user space problem. Nearly
everything you list is already available. Some you get from ip link,
others from ethtool or ethtool --module-info, including I2C bus
error, since you would expect EIO or ETIMEOUT.

If you were to write a user space tool using the information what is
currently available, what would be missing?

	  Andrew