netdev - RE: [v2 8/9] dpaa_eth: add debugfs entries

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Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:00:39 +0000
From:	Madalin-Cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@...escale.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Liberman Igal <Igal.Liberman@...escale.com>,
	"ppc@...dchasers.com" <ppc@...dchasers.com>,
	"joe@...ches.com" <joe@...ches.com>,
	"pebolle@...cali.nl" <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	"joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se" <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
Subject: RE: [v2 8/9] dpaa_eth: add debugfs entries

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> 
> 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.

If you have such a strong adversity about the debugfs, then I'll export these
debug counters through ethtool statistics in the next version.

Madalin
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