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SubjectRe: [patch net-next v2] ipv6: log autoconfiguration failures
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 01:24:41PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:58:18 -0500
>
> > On 12/12/2013 12:22 PM, David Miller wrote:
> >> Give it statistics just like we have for every other kind of similar
> >> event.
> >
> > The fact that link-local address could not be generated for a specific
> > device type does not lend itself well to counting. There is no way
> > from to tell from the counter which device does not support IPv6 autoconfig.
>
> If the statistic is per-device, which I recommended it be implemented as,
> you indeed can.
>
> And I do not buy the argument that this is "useless" because the admin
> is just going to kill the interface and create a new one. When you
> notice there is a problem, you look at the statistics before doing
> that!

Granted.

IMHO both ways are fine with a slight opionion to counters being overkill. ;)



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