linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/4] netconsole: extract message fragmentation into send_msg

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Message-ID: <87fr7plrtp.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:50:50 +0106
From: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>,
 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>, pmladek@...e.com
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Steven Rostedt
 <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, asantostc@...il.com, efault@....de,
 gustavold@...il.com, calvin@...nvd.org, jv@...sburgh.net,
 mpdesouza@...e.com, kernel-team@...a.com, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 2/4] netconsole: extract message
 fragmentation into send_msg_udp()

On 2026-01-28, Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org> wrote:
> Extract the message fragmentation logic from write_msg() into a
> dedicated send_msg_udp() function. This improves code readability
> and prepares for future enhancements.
>
> The new send_msg_udp() function handles splitting messages that
> exceed MAX_PRINT_CHUNK into smaller fragments and sending them
> sequentially. This function is placed before send_ext_msg_udp()
> to maintain a logical ordering of related functions.
>
> No functional changes - this is purely a refactoring commit.
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>

Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>