Why some files in /sys/devices/virtual/net/ return "Invalid argument"
Issue
Some tools like collectl (not supported) use data from /sys/devices/virtual/net and return "Invalid argument"
Example
# collectl
waiting for 1 second sample...
cat: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo/speed: Invalid argument
cat: /sys/devices/virtual/net/bond0/speed: Invalid argument
cat: /sys/devices/virtual/net/bond1/speed: Invalid argument
#<--------CPU--------><----------Disks-----------><----------Network---------->
#cpu sys inter ctxsw KBRead Reads KBWrit Writes KBIn PktIn KBOut PktOut
6 3 4879 11298 0 0 61 24 5 35 4 24
0 0 3987 6623 0 0 5 10 4 31 2 18
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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