linux-kernel - Re: [v2 8/9] dpaa_eth: add debugfs entries

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Message-Id: <20150807.153716.1393797980617992919.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:37:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	madalin.bucur@...escale.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, scottwood@...escale.com,
	igal.liberman@...escale.com, ppc@...dchasers.com, joe@...ches.com,
	pebolle@...cali.nl, joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se
Subject: Re: [v2 8/9] dpaa_eth: add debugfs entries

From: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@...escale.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 18:41:28 +0300

> Export per CPU counters through debugfs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@...escale.com>

This is absolutely inappropriate.

You can export these just fine via ethtool statistics.  There is zero reason
to add ugly debugfs crap for something like this.
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