netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] dpll: avoid multiple function calls to dump netdev info

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Message-ID: <ZeLzDhuhTeI2YBtT@nanopsycho>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2024 10:36:14 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev, arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] dpll: avoid multiple function calls to dump
 netdev info

Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 06:31:28PM CET, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
>On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 17:24:07 +0100 Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> > >BTW is the empty nest if the netdev has no pin intentional?  
>> >
>> > The user can tell if this is or is not supported by kernel easily.  
>
>Seems legit, although user can also do:
>
>$ genl ctrl list | grep dpll
>Name: dpll

True.

>
>> This is a high cost for hosts with hundreds of devices :/
>
>right, a bit high cost for a relatively rare feature :(

I agree. Let's remove the empty nest then.