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. Targets are matched with incoming interfaces depending on how they were initially bound in netconsole (by mac or interface name).
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 v5: - patch 3: Set (de)enslaved target as DISABLED instead of DEACTIVATED to prevent resuming it. - selftest: Fix test cleanup by moving trap line to outside of loop and remove unneeded 'local' keyword - Rename maybe_resume_target to resume_target, add netconsole_ prefix to process_resumable_targets. - Hold device reference before calling __netpoll_setup. - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251116-netcons-retrigger-v4-0-5290b5f140c2@gmail...
Changes in v4: - Simplify selftest cleanup, removing trap setup in loop. - Drop netpoll helper (__setup_netpoll_hold) and manage reference inside netconsole. - Move resume_list processing logic to separate function. - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251109-netcons-retrigger-v3-0-1654c280bbe6@gmail...
Changes in v3: - Resume by mac or interface name depending on how target was created. - Attempt to resume target without holding target list lock, by moving the target to a temporary list. This is required as netpoll may attempt to allocate memory. - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250921-netcons-retrigger-v2-0-a0e84006237f@gmail...
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 (3): netconsole: convert 'enabled' flag to enum for clearer state management netconsole: resume previously deactivated target selftests: netconsole: validate target resume
Breno Leitao (2): netconsole: add target_state enum netconsole: add STATE_DEACTIVATED to track targets disabled by low level
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 155 +++++++++++++++++---- tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile | 1 + .../selftests/drivers/net/lib/sh/lib_netcons.sh | 35 ++++- .../selftests/drivers/net/netcons_resume.sh | 97 +++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) --- base-commit: a057e8e4ac5b1ddd12be590e2e039fa08d0c8aa4 change-id: 20250816-netcons-retrigger-a4f547bfc867
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