kernel/linux.git/include/linux/netpoll.h, branch v7.3-rc1

netconsole: move netpoll_wait_carrier() as netcons_wait_carrier()

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

netpoll_wait_carrier() waits for the egress device carrier during netconsole setup. Its only caller, netcons_netpoll_setup(), already lives in netconsole. Move the function into drivers/net/netconsole.c, drop EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and remove the prototype from . Rename it to netcons_wait_carrier() for the netcons_ prefix. It now reads the timeout through netpoll_get_carrier_timeout(), since carrier_timeout stays in netpoll to keep the netpoll.carrier_timeout parameter. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-9-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: move local_ip/remote_ip/ipv6 to netconsole_target

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

With netpoll_setup() and the packet-building path now living in netconsole, local_ip, remote_ip and ipv6 in struct netpoll are read and written only by netconsole. No other netpoll user touches them. Move the three fields into netconsole_target and switch the packet builders and setup helpers to take the target instead of the netpoll handle. struct netpoll is left holding only the device-binding state that the shared netpoll transport needs. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-8-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: move egress_dev() as netcons_egress_dev()

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

move egress_dev() from netpoll to netconsole, and append netcons_ prefix. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-7-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: move netpoll_take_ipv6() as netcons_take_ipv6()

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

Move netpoll_take_ipv6() to netconsole, and add netcons_ prefix. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-6-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: move netpoll_take_ipv4() as netcons_take_ipv4()

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

Move netpoll_take_ipv4() to netconsole, which is the only user. Rename it to netcons_take_ipv4() for the netcons_ prefix. The body is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-5-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: move netpoll_local_ip_unset() as netcons_local_ip_unset()

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

Move netpoll_local_ip_unset() from netpoll to netconsole and rename it to netcons_local_ip_unset(); The body is otherwise unchanged, only the comment's setup-function reference is updated. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-4-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: take over netpoll_setup() from netpoll

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

netpoll_setup() is only used by netconsole. All the other users use __netpoll_setup(). Move netpoll_setup() to netconsole, and rename it to netcons_netpoll_setup(). Pure code motion: the body is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-3-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netpoll: export the netpoll_setup() helpers for netconsole

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

Temporarily export leaf functions that will be moved to netconsole. The upcoming patch will move the setup function to netconsole, and continue to call these leaf functions here in netpoll, then other patches will move these exports functions to netconsole (and make them statics). In summary, these exports are temporary in order to make the patchset digestible. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-2-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netpoll: export carrier_timeout via netpoll_get_carrier_timeout()

2026-07-30T10:14:39+00:00

netpoll_wait_carrier() is only used in netconsole, and it will move to netconsole. The carrier_timeout module parameter has to stay in netpoll so the existing netpoll.carrier_timeout kernel parameter keeps working for current users, and we don't break user compatibility. Add a netpoll_get_carrier_timeout() accessor and export it so netconsole can read the value once the carrier wait lives there. Drop the now redundant timeout argument from netpoll_wait_carrier() (its only caller passed carrier_timeout) and read the parameter directly while the helper still lives here. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Reviewed-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724-netconsole_move_more_final-v1-1-a5f7691db81c@debian.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

netconsole: move remote_mac from struct netpoll to netconsole_target

2026-07-17T10:09:16+00:00

The destination ethernet address is netconsole configuration: no other netpoll user (bonding, team, vlan, bridge, macvlan, dsa) references np->remote_mac, only netconsole's ethernet framing and its configfs/cmdline interface do. Move it into struct netconsole_target and convert push_eth() to take the netconsole_target; netconsole_print_banner() and netconsole_parser_cmdline() already take it. The configfs show/store handlers and alloc_and_init() reach the field directly. No functional change; the remote_mac sysfs attribute is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260710-netconsole_move_more-v3-9-6f63f76b28bc@debian.org Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni