netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/6] cxgb4: Add main driver file and driver Makefile

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Message-ID: <20100330141904.5236fe44@nehalam>
Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:19:04 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] cxgb4: Add main driver file and driver Makefile

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:52:21 -0800
Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com> wrote:

> +static struct cxgb4_proc_entry proc_files[] = {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> +	{ "l2t", 0444, ADAP_NEED_L2T, 0, &t4_l2t_proc_fops },
> +#endif
> +	{ "lb_stats", 0444, 0, 0, &lb_stats_proc_fops },
> +	{ "path_mtus", 0644, 0, 0, &mtutab_proc_fops },
> +	{ "qstats", 0444, 0, 0, &sge_stats_proc_fops },
> +	{ "rss", 0444, 0, 0, &rss_proc_fops },
> +	{ "tcp_stats", 0444, 0, 0, &tcp_stats_proc_fops },
> +	{ "tids", 0444, ADAP_NEED_OFLD, 0, &tid_info_proc_fops },
> +	{ "tp_err_stats", 0444, 0, 0, &tp_err_stats_proc_fops },
> +	{ "trace0", 0644, 0, 0, &mps_trc_proc_fops },
> +	{ "trace1", 0644, 0, 1, &mps_trc_proc_fops },
> +	{ "trace2", 0644, 0, 2, &mps_trc_proc_fops },
> +	{ "trace3", 0644, 0, 3, &mps_trc_proc_fops },
> +	{ "uld", 0444, 0, 0, &uld_proc_fops },
> +};
> +

Do you really need this large number of /proc files.
It creates another stable API to worry about.  If it is just for
debugging move it to debugfs, or better yet just drop it.

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