linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 0/3] netconsole: Fix potential race condition and improve code clarity

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Message-ID: <20240709144403.544099-1-leitao@debian.org>
Date: Tue,  9 Jul 2024 07:43:58 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc: thepacketgeek@...il.com,
	riel@...riel.com,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/3] netconsole: Fix potential race condition and improve code clarity

This patchset addresses a potential bug in netconsole where the netconsole
target is cleaned up before it is disabled. This sequence could lead to a
situation where an enabled target has an uninitialized netpoll structure,
potentially causing undefined behavior.

The main goals of this patchset are:

1. Correct the order of operations:
   - First, disable the netconsole target
   - Then, clean up the netpoll structure

2. Improve code readability:
   - Remove unnecessary casts
   - Eliminate redundant operations

These changes aim to enhance the reliability of netconsole by
eliminating the potential race condition and improve maintainability by
making the code more straightforward to understand and modify.

Breno Leitao (3):
  net: netconsole: Remove unnecessary cast from bool
  net: netconsole: Eliminate redundant setting of enabled field
  net: netconsole: Disable target before netpoll cleanup

 drivers/net/netconsole.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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