netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/12] net: qed: gather debug data on hw errors

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Date:   Wed, 6 May 2020 12:31:20 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
        Michal Kalderon <mkalderon@...vell.com>,
        Denis Bolotin <dbolotin@...vell.com>,
        Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...vell.com>,
        Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/12] net: qed: gather debug data on hw errors

On Wed, 6 May 2020 14:33:08 +0300 Igor Russkikh wrote:
> To implement debug dump retrieval on a live system we add callbacks to
> collect the same data which is collected now during manual `ethtool -d`
> call.
> 
> But we instead collect the dump immediately at the moment bad thing
> happens, and save it for later retrieval by the same `ethtool -d`.
> 
> To have ability to track this event, we add kobject uevent trigger,
> so udev event handler script could be used to automatically collect dumps.

No way. Please use devlink health. Instead of magic ethtool dumps and
custom udev.