Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batctl: Drop log subcommand

["Linus Lüssing" <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 10:12:14AM +0200, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> The correct way to get a log of the activities of batman-adv is to use the
> standard kernel tracing infrastructure:
> 
>   $ trace-cmd stream -e batadv:batadv_dbg
> 
> The batman-adv specific log file will be removed in the future when the
> debugfs is dropped. And even for kernels without tracing support, most of
> the functionality (except mac address to bat_hosts translation) can be
> replaced by a simple:
> 
>   $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/log
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
> ---

The trace-cmd approach does not add/provide network namespace
support, does it?

If we were removing "batctl log" now we would probably need to readd it
later again when adding network namespace support, both for
either a netlink or IPv6 node-local multicast approach, right [0]?

(Although for the IPv6 node-local multicast 'socat' for instance would
work, too.)


[0]: 'Make "batctl log" usable with network namespaces'
     https://www.open-mesh.org/issues/339