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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v3] net: Add sysfs atttribute for max_mtu
On 2024-05-09 at 14:41:23, Shradha Gupta (shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com) wrote:
> For drivers like MANA, max_mtu value is populated with the value of
> maximum MTU that the underlying hardware can support.
IIUC, this reads dev->mtu. you can read the same using ifconfig, or any thing that uses
SIOCGIFMTU. why do you need to add a new sysfs ?

> Exposing this attribute as sysfs param, would be helpful in debugging
> and customization of config issues with such drivers.
>
> --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(addr_len, fmt_dec);
> NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(ifindex, fmt_dec);
> NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(type, fmt_dec);
> NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(link_mode, fmt_dec);
> +NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(max_mtu, fmt_dec);
>
> static ssize_t iflink_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> char *buf)
> @@ -660,6 +661,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] __ro_after_init = {
> &dev_attr_ifalias.attr,
> &dev_attr_carrier.attr,
> &dev_attr_mtu.attr,
> + &dev_attr_max_mtu.attr,
> &dev_attr_flags.attr,
> &dev_attr_tx_queue_len.attr,
> &dev_attr_gro_flush_timeout.attr,
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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