[PATCH v4 net-next 05/14] net: enetc: use PCI device name for debugfs directory

From: wei . fang

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 04:51:33 EST


From: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>

enetc_create_debugfs() is called right after register_netdev(), at which
point ndev->name still holds the format "eth%d" (e.g., eth0) rather than
the final assigned name (e.g., via udev rules).

Use pci_name() instead of netdev_name() to name the debugfs directory.
The PCI device name is unique, stable, and available from the start,
making it a more reliable identifier for the debugfs entry. Therefore,
the observable debugfs path from something like
/sys/kernel/debug/eth0/mac_filter to a PCI BDF-style path such as
/sys/kernel/debug/0002:00:00.0/mac_filter.

Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc4_debugfs.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc4_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc4_debugfs.c
index 4a769d9e5679..be378bf8f74d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc4_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc4_debugfs.c
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(enetc_mac_filter);

void enetc_create_debugfs(struct enetc_si *si)
{
- struct net_device *ndev = si->ndev;
struct dentry *root;

- root = debugfs_create_dir(netdev_name(ndev), NULL);
+ root = debugfs_create_dir(pci_name(si->pdev), NULL);
if (IS_ERR(root))
return;

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