Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: sysfs: Implement is_visible for phys_(port_id, port_name, switch_id)

[Paolo Abeni]

On 6/12/25 10:51 AM, Yajun Deng wrote:
> May 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM, "Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 5/21/25 4:08 PM, Yajun Deng wrote:
>>> phys_port_id_show, phys_port_name_show and phys_switch_id_show would
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>>>  return -EOPNOTSUPP if the netdev didn't implement the corresponding
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>>>  method.
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>>>  
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>>>  There is no point in creating these files if they are unsupported.
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>>>  
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>>>  Put these attributes in netdev_phys_group and implement the is_visible
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>>>  method. make phys_(port_id, port_name, switch_id) invisible if the netdev
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>>>  dosen't implement the corresponding method.
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>>>  
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>>>  Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>
>> I fear that some orchestration infra depends on the files existence -
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>> i.e. scripts don't tolerate the files absence, deal only with I/O errors
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>> after open.
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>> It feel a bit too dangerous to merge a change that could break
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>> user-space this late. Let's defer it to the beginning of the next cycle.
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> 
> Ping.

I was likely not clear. The above means you should re-submit the patch now.

/P