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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Daniel Machon <daniel.machon@microchip.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Steen Hegelund <Steen.Hegelund@microchip.com>,
	<UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>,
	"Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Bjarni Jonasson <bjarni.jonasson@microchip.com>,
	Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@microchip.com>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>, <kees@kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	<linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/4] net: sparx5: defer VCAP debugfs creation until after netdev registration
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 09:08:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507090810.53e66ef6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260506-misc-fixes-sparx5-lan969x-v2-1-fb236aa96908@microchip.com>

On Wed, 6 May 2026 09:25:36 +0200 Daniel Machon wrote:
> Move the debugfs setup into a new sparx5_debugfs() helper in
> sparx5_debugfs.c, invoked after sparx5_register_notifier_blocks()
> succeeds so the netdev names are finalized. sparx5_vcap_init() now
> only deals with VCAP state. The sparx5/ debugfs root is created in
> the new helper as well.

netdev names are never final :( User can change them at any time.
The best practice is to name the debugfs file by some stable hw-related
property, bus, port number etc.


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-07 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-06  7:25 [PATCH net v2 0/4] net: sparx5: misc fixes for sparx5 and lan969x Daniel Machon
2026-05-06  7:25 ` [PATCH net v2 1/4] net: sparx5: defer VCAP debugfs creation until after netdev registration Daniel Machon
2026-05-07 16:08   ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-05-07 18:47     ` Daniel Machon
2026-05-08 23:22       ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 20:24         ` Daniel Machon
2026-05-06  7:25 ` [PATCH net v2 2/4] net: sparx5: fix sleep in atomic context in MAC table access Daniel Machon
2026-05-07 16:05   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-06  7:25 ` [PATCH net v2 3/4] net: sparx5: fix wrong chip ids for TSN SKUs Daniel Machon
2026-05-06  7:25 ` [PATCH net v2 4/4] net: sparx5: configure serdes for 1000BASE-X in sparx5_port_init() Daniel Machon
2026-05-07 16:10 ` [PATCH net v2 0/4] net: sparx5: misc fixes for sparx5 and lan969x Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-07 16:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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