netdev - Re: Fw: [Bug 70071] New: Sending netconsole messages over a bridged network interface doesn't work anymore

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Message-ID: <52F34D41.8000704@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date:	Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:52:17 +0900
From:	Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
CC:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Bug 70071] New: Sending netconsole messages over a bridged
 network interface doesn't work anymore

(2014/02/06 15:49), Cong Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Toshiaki Makita
> <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp> wrote:
>> Tested this patch with latest net-tree and netconsole works with it.
>> But I thinks it is better to move that "if" to br_add_if() because if we
>> don't have npinfo, we don't have to alloc p->np in br_add_if(), right?
>>
> 
> Hmm, we shouldn't handle netpoll-specific code inside br_add_if(),
> we probably need the attached patch instead. Please give it
> a try, or I will test it tomorrow, it's too late here.
> 

I tested whether netconsole works and whether it can be built
with/without CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER, and couldn't find any problem.
This looks good to me.

Thanks,
Toshiaki Makita
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