netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2 2/2] ixgbe: add link_down

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Message-ID: <20250414154404.1c25ae91@kmaincent-XPS-13-7390>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:44:04 +0200
From: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
To: Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v2 2/2] ixgbe: add link_down_events statistic

On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:11 +0200
Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> Introduce a link_down_events counter to the ixgbe driver, incremented
> each time the link transitions from up to down.
> This counter can help diagnose issues related to link stability,
> such as port flapping or unexpected link drops.
> 
> The value is exposed via ethtool's get_link_ext_stats() interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>

Thank you!
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Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
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