netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 04/12] l2tp: Add ppp device name to L2TP ppp session data

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Message-ID: <20100330092914.4f3e9ed3@nehalam>
Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:29:14 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/12] l2tp: Add ppp device name to L2TP ppp session
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:17:46 +0100
James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com> wrote:

> When dumping L2TP PPP sessions using /proc/net/l2tp, get
> the assigned PPP device name from PPP using ppp_dev_name().
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>

Why is this a necessary API?
Why not put it in debugfs if just a debugging tool?
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