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Message-Id: <20180122.154318.784941022568373440.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:43:18 -0500 (EST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: core: Expose number of link up/down
transitions
From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:59:13 -0800
> From: David Decotigny <decot@...glers.com>
>
> Expose the number of times the link has been going UP or DOWN, and
> update the "carrier_changes" counter to be the sum of these two events.
> While at it, also update the sysfs-class-net documentation to cover:
> carrier_changes (3.15), carrier_up_count (4.16) and carrier_down_count
> (4.16)
>
> Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@...glers.com>
> [Florian:
> * rebase
> * add documentation
> * merge carrier_changes with up/down counters]
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - fixed sysfs attributes to use <iface>
> - renamed count_link_{up,down} to carrier_{up,down}_count to match
> existing carrier_changes semantics
Like David Ahern I am strongly against the proliferation of sysfs files
attached to network devices and the per-netdevice costs associated with
that.
However, dealing with that is a longer term issue that nobody has a clear
plan for. Therefore I cannot reject this change on that basis alone.
The information is useful, so applied, thanks.
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