This patchset introduces target resume capability to netconsole allowing it to recover targets when underlying low-level interface comes back online.
The patchset starts by refactoring netconsole state representation in order to allow representing deactivated targets (targets that are disabled due to interfaces going down). It then modifies netconsole to handle NETDEV_UP events for such targets and setups netpoll.
The patchset includes a selftest that validates netconsole target state transitions and that target is functional after resumed.
Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho asantostc@gmail.com --- Changes in v2: - Attempt to resume target in the same thread, instead of using workqueue . - Add wrapper around __netpoll_setup (patch 4). - Renamed resume_target to maybe_resume_target and moved conditionals to inside its implementation, keeping code more clear. - Verify that device addr matches target mac address when target was setup using mac. - Update selftest to cover targets bound by mac and interface name. - Fix typo in selftest comment and sort tests alphabetically in Makefile. - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250909-netcons-retrigger-v1-0-3aea904926cf@gmail...
--- Andre Carvalho (4): netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management netpoll: add wrapper around __netpoll_setup with dev reference netconsole: resume previously deactivated target selftests: netconsole: validate target reactivation
Breno Leitao (2): netconsole: add target_state enum netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 102 +++++++++++++++------ include/linux/netpoll.h | 1 + net/core/netpoll.c | 20 ++++ tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile | 1 + .../selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh | 30 +++++- .../selftests/drivers/net/netcons_resume.sh | 92 +++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 312e6f7676e63bbb9b81e5c68e580a9f776cc6f0 change-id: 20250816-netcons-retrigger-a4f547bfc867
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