netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-next v4 2/2] ixgbe: add link_down

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Message-ID: <20250522134813.GF365796@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 14:48:13 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org, dawid.osuchowski@...ux.intel.com,
	pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de, Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>,
	Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v4 2/2] ixgbe: add link_down_events statistic

On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 12:50:10PM +0200, Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw 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.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw <martyna.szapar-mudlaw@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>