linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v11 0/7] netconsole: support automatic target recovery

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Message-ID: <aW9pLtSpTwp4pwn9@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:39:07 -0800
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Andre Carvalho <asantostc@...il.com>
Cc: 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>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, 
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v11 0/7] netconsole: support automatic target
 recovery

On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 11:00:20AM +0000, Andre Carvalho wrote:
> 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 unregister).
> 
> It then modifies netconsole to handle NETDEV_REGISTER events for such
> targets, setups netpoll and forces the device UP. Targets are matched with
> incoming interfaces depending on how they were bound in netconsole
> (by mac or interface name). For these reasons, we also attempt resuming
> on NETDEV_CHANGENAME.
> 
> The patchset includes a selftest that validates netconsole target state
> transitions and that target is functional after resumed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho <asantostc@...il.com>

Tested-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Thanks for your work here, and sorry for so many revisions!
--breno