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    SubjectRe: [patch net-next v2] ipv6: log autoconfiguration failures
    On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 03:54:52PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
    > From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
    > Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:21:38 +0100
    >
    > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:45:14PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
    > >> If ipv6 auto-configuration does not work, currently it's hard
    > >> to track what's going on. This change adds log messages
    > >> (at debug level) on every code path where ipv6 autoconf fails.
    > >>
    > >> v2: fixed indentation in multi-line log output statements.
    > >
    > > Have you seen lots of those problems? Some of those seem like very
    > > serious problems and maybe could also deserve a pr_warn or pr_err.
    > >
    > > I hope these are one-time errors, so I don't think counters would
    > > be helpful.
    >
    > I still think that statitics would better serve this issue.
    >
    > For one thing, the event would always be counted, whereas with
    > pr_debug() someone has to turn on dynamic debugging in order
    > to see the message.

    I proposed switching some of these to pr_warn/err. pr_debugs get used very
    seldomly, I agree.

    > You can make them part of the per-inet6_dev MIB, and therefore
    > implicitly letting the admin know what interface the events
    > occurred on.

    If such an error happens I would try to recreate the interface (in case of
    virtual ones), thus erasing the statistics.

    > I would even prefer an approach involving signalling netlink
    > events in such circumstances with more detailed information.

    That sounds good. But I would like to hear how often these problems
    really occur first. Maybe Denys has some numbers? If that happens a lot
    I would like to check if the notifier_chains are correctly setup so that
    interfaces correclty notify ipv6 to retry link local address generation.

    Greetings,

    Hannes



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