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Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: Debugfs handling for virtual monitor

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On Tue, 2025-02-04 at 14:51 +0100, Alexander Wetzel wrote:
> > Started wondering, maybe it should just not have debugfs at all? That'd
> > also avoid the potential name clash, and there isn't really anything of
> > value there in the first place?
> 
> Knowing that we do have an internal virtual monitor interface may be 
> interesting in itself. But that's hardly something we can call "real 
> value":-) And that way we would solve any name conflict...

:)

> Not creating it would just require us to skip 
> ieee80211_debugfs_recreate_netdev() in drv_remove_interface() for 
> virtual monitor.

Right, should be simple.

> When you prefer that, I can send an alternate patch doing that.
> Do you want that as standalone patch or as a v2 of with a new name?

I don't really care, let's do whatever makes more sense? In this case
I'd argue it probably makes more sense as "remove debugfs dir for
virtual monitor" or something like that?

johannes





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