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Message-Id: <20250115-netcon_cpu-v2-5-95971b44dc56@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:35:22 -0800
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, 
 Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, kernel-team@...a.com, max@...sevol.com, 
 thepacketgeek@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] netconsole: docs: Add documentation for
 CPU number auto-population

Update the netconsole documentation to explain the new feature that
allows automatic population of the CPU number.

The key changes include introducing a new section titled "CPU number
auto population in userdata", explaining how to enable the CPU number
auto-population feature by writing to the "populate_cpu_nr" file in the
netconsole configfs hierarchy.

This documentation update ensures users are aware of the new CPU number
auto-population functionality and how to leverage it for better
demultiplexing and visibility of parallel netconsole output.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
index 94c4680fdf3e7e1a0020d11b44547acfd68072a5..bc9ccebdae7adadd7c57aef20a726536d7ab3173 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Release prepend support by Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, Jul 7 2023

 Userdata append support by Matthew Wood <thepacketgeek@...il.com>, Jan 22 2024

+Sysdata append support by Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, Jan 15 2025
+
 Please send bug reports to Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
 Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>, and Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

@@ -238,6 +240,49 @@ Delete `userdata` entries with `rmdir`::

    It is recommended to not write user data values with newlines.

+CPU number auto population in userdata
+--------------------------------------
+
+Inside the netconsole configfs hierarchy, there is a file called
+`cpu_nr` under the `userdata` directory. This file is used to enable or disable
+the automatic CPU number population feature. This feature automatically
+populate the CPU number that is sending the message.
+
+To enable the CPU number auto-population::
+
+  echo 1 > /sys/kernel/config/netconsole/target1/userdata/cpu_nr
+
+When this option is enabled, the netconsole messages will include an additional
+line in the userdata field with the format `cpu=<cpu_number>`. This allows the
+receiver of the netconsole messages to easily differentiate and demultiplex
+messages originating from different CPUs, which is particularly useful when
+dealing with parallel log output.
+
+Example::
+
+  echo "This is a message" > /dev/kmsg
+  12,607,22085407756,-;This is a message
+   cpu=42
+
+In this example, the message was sent by CPU 42.
+
+.. note::
+
+   If the user has set a conflicting `cpu` key in the userdata dictionary,
+   both keys will be reported, with the kernel-populated entry appearing after
+   the user one. For example::
+
+     # User-defined CPU entry
+     mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/netconsole/target1/userdata/cpu
+     echo "1" > /sys/kernel/config/netconsole/target1/userdata/cpu/value
+
+   Output might look like::
+
+     12,607,22085407756,-;This is a message
+      cpu=1
+      cpu=42    # kernel-populated value
+
+
 Extended console:
 =================

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