linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 -mm 5/9] netconsole: Introduce netconsole

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:46:19 +0900
From:	KII Keiichi <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joel Becker <joel.becker@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 -mm 5/9] netconsole: Introduce netconsole_target

Hi Satyam,

> From: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
> 
> [5/9] netconsole: Introduce netconsole_target
> 
> Introduce a wrapper structure over netpoll to represent logging targets
> configured in netconsole. This will get extended with other members in
> further patches.
> 
> The original patchset did this along with (and inside the #ifdef) of
> CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC itself. I decided otherwise, and was able to
> drastically cut down on the #ifdef-complexity of final netconsole.c.
> Also, struct netconsole_target would be required for multiple targets
> support also, and not just dynamic reconfigurability. Previously these
> two things were coupled, but I want to de-link that (more on this later).
> 
> Note that this patch in itself looks quite redundant / stupid, but it is
> purposefully made this way, so further patches are more readable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
> Cc: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>
> 
Signed-off-by: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>

Thanks
--
Keiichi KII
NEC Corporation OSS Platform Development Division
E-mail: k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com
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