linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] netconsole: add task name to extra data fields

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Message-ID: <278118b1-eae8-401a-8501-e0a777852fcf@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:23:40 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] netconsole: add task name to extra data
 fields

On 2/25/25 2:11 PM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Ack. I will remove the check then, and check if the UDP stack has been
> initialized before calling netpoll helpers.
> 
> What is the best way to make sure taht the UDP stack has been
> initialized?

[brosers!] Sorry for the latency. My statement was intended as a
negative example: "adding such check would be as misleading as checking
if the UDP stack has been before calling netpoll helpers". The UDP stack
is always initialized when called from netpoll, due to the relevant
"init" order.

/P