Re: [patch net-next v2] ipv6: log autoconfiguration failures

[David Miller]

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:58:18 -0500

> On 12/12/2013 12:22 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> Give it statistics just like we have for every other kind of similar
>> event.
> 
> The fact that link-local address could not be generated for a specific
> device type does not lend itself well to counting.  There is no way
> from to tell from the counter which device does not support IPv6 autoconfig.

If the statistic is per-device, which I recommended it be implemented as,
you indeed can.

And I do not buy the argument that this is "useless" because the admin
is just going to kill the interface and create a new one.  When you
notice there is a problem, you look at the statistics before doing
that!
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