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From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	 "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 asantostc@gmail.com, efault@gmx.de, gustavold@gmail.com,
	calvin@wbinvd.org,  jv@jvosburgh.net, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] netconsole: convert to NBCON console infrastructure
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:52:11 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251222-nbcon-v1-2-65b43c098708@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251222-nbcon-v1-0-65b43c098708@debian.org>

Convert netconsole from the legacy console API to the NBCON framework.
NBCON provides threaded printing which unblocks printk()s and flushes in
a thread, decoupling network TX from printk() when netconsole is
in use.

Since netconsole relies on the network stack which cannot safely operate
from all atomic contexts, mark both consoles with
CON_NBCON_ATOMIC_UNSAFE. (See discussion in [1])

CON_NBCON_ATOMIC_UNSAFE restricts write_atomic() usage to emergency
scenarios (panic) where regular messages are sent in threaded mode.

Implementation changes:
- Unify write_ext_msg() and write_msg() into netconsole_write()
- Add device_lock/device_unlock callbacks to manage target_list_lock
- Use nbcon_enter_unsafe()/nbcon_exit_unsafe() around network operations
- Set write_thread and write_atomic callbacks (both use same function)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b2qps3uywhmjaym4mht2wpxul4yqtuuayeoq4iv4k3zf5wdgh3@tocu6c7mj4lt/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
 drivers/net/netconsole.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index dc3bd7c9b049..248b401bcaa4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -1709,22 +1709,6 @@ static void send_ext_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
 				   sysdata_len);
 }
 
-static void write_ext_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg,
-			  unsigned int len)
-{
-	struct netconsole_target *nt;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if ((oops_only && !oops_in_progress) || list_empty(&target_list))
-		return;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
-	list_for_each_entry(nt, &target_list, list)
-		if (nt->extended && nt->enabled && netif_running(nt->np.dev))
-			send_ext_msg_udp(nt, msg, len);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
-}
-
 static void send_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
 			 unsigned int len)
 {
@@ -1739,29 +1723,60 @@ static void send_msg_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
 	}
 }
 
-static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
+/**
+ * netconsole_write - Generic function to send a msg to all targets
+ * @wctxt: nbcon write context
+ * @extended: "true" for extended console mode
+ *
+ * Given a nbcon write context, send the message to the netconsole
+ * targets
+ */
+static void netconsole_write(struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt,
+			     bool extended)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	struct netconsole_target *nt;
 
 	if (oops_only && !oops_in_progress)
 		return;
-	/* Avoid taking lock and disabling interrupts unnecessarily */
-	if (list_empty(&target_list))
-		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(nt, &target_list, list) {
-		if (!nt->extended && nt->enabled && netif_running(nt->np.dev)) {
-			/*
-			 * We nest this inside the for-each-target loop above
-			 * so that we're able to get as much logging out to
-			 * at least one target if we die inside here, instead
-			 * of unnecessarily keeping all targets in lock-step.
-			 */
-			send_msg_udp(nt, msg, len);
-		}
+		if (nt->extended != extended || !nt->enabled ||
+		    !netif_running(nt->np.dev))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!nbcon_enter_unsafe(wctxt))
+			continue;
+
+		if (extended)
+			send_ext_msg_udp(nt, wctxt->outbuf, wctxt->len);
+		else
+			send_msg_udp(nt, wctxt->outbuf, wctxt->len);
+
+		nbcon_exit_unsafe(wctxt);
 	}
+}
+
+static void netconsole_write_ext(struct console *con __always_unused,
+				 struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt)
+{
+	netconsole_write(wctxt, true);
+}
+
+static void netconsole_write_basic(struct console *con __always_unused,
+				   struct nbcon_write_context *wctxt)
+{
+	netconsole_write(wctxt, false);
+}
+
+static void netconsole_device_lock(struct console *con __always_unused,
+				   unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, *flags);
+}
+
+static void netconsole_device_unlock(struct console *con __always_unused,
+				     unsigned long flags)
+{
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -1924,15 +1939,21 @@ static void free_param_target(struct netconsole_target *nt)
 }
 
 static struct console netconsole_ext = {
-	.name	= "netcon_ext",
-	.flags	= CON_ENABLED | CON_EXTENDED,
-	.write	= write_ext_msg,
+	.name = "netcon_ext",
+	.flags = CON_ENABLED | CON_EXTENDED | CON_NBCON | CON_NBCON_ATOMIC_UNSAFE,
+	.write_thread = netconsole_write_ext,
+	.write_atomic = netconsole_write_ext,
+	.device_lock = netconsole_device_lock,
+	.device_unlock = netconsole_device_unlock,
 };
 
 static struct console netconsole = {
-	.name	= "netcon",
-	.flags	= CON_ENABLED,
-	.write	= write_msg,
+	.name = "netcon",
+	.flags = CON_ENABLED | CON_NBCON | CON_NBCON_ATOMIC_UNSAFE,
+	.write_thread = netconsole_write_basic,
+	.write_atomic = netconsole_write_basic,
+	.device_lock = netconsole_device_lock,
+	.device_unlock = netconsole_device_unlock,
 };
 
 static int __init init_netconsole(void)

-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-12-22 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-22 14:52 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: " Breno Leitao
2025-12-22 14:52 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] netconsole: extract message fragmentation into send_msg_udp() Breno Leitao
2025-12-22 14:52 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-01-02  3:54   ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] netconsole: convert to NBCON console infrastructure Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-01-06 15:43     ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-07 15:04       ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2025-12-23  7:12 ` [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: " Paolo Abeni
2025-12-23  9:44   ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-07 14:49 ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-07 15:50   ` John Ogness
2026-01-07 16:58     ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-08 11:08       ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-08 16:50         ` John Ogness
2026-01-09 10:48           ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-09 13:29           ` Petr Mladek
2026-01-09 14:03             ` Petr Mladek
2026-01-09 15:13             ` John Ogness
2026-01-12 10:55               ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-12 12:44                 ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-16 15:51                   ` Petr Mladek
2026-01-16 15:53                     ` Petr Mladek
2026-01-16 18:07                       ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-19 14:00                         ` Petr Mladek
2026-01-19 16:34                           ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-20  8:59                             ` Petr Mladek
2026-01-20  9:17                               ` Breno Leitao
2026-01-20 10:10                               ` John Ogness
2026-01-12 14:17               ` Petr Mladek

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