Messages in this thread | | | From | Breno Leitao <> | Subject | [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] net: netconsole: configfs entries for boot target | Date | Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:37:47 -0700 |
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There is a limitation in netconsole, where it is impossible to disable or modify the target created from the command line parameter. (netconsole=...).
"netconsole" cmdline parameter sets the remote IP, and if the remote IP changes, the machine needs to be rebooted (with the new remote IP set in the command line parameter).
This allows the user to modify a target without the need to restart the machine.
This functionality sits on top of the dynamic target reconfiguration that is already implemented in netconsole.
The way to modify a boot time target is creating special named configfs directories, that will be associated with the targets coming from `netconsole=...`.
Example:
Let's suppose you have two netconsole targets defined at boot time::
netconsole=4444@10.0.0.1/eth1,9353@10.0.0.2/12:34:56:78:9a:bc;4444@10.0.0.1/eth1,9353@10.0.0.3/12:34:56:78:9a:bc
You can modify these targets in runtime by creating the following targets::
$ mkdir cmdline1 $ cat cmdline1/remote_ip 10.0.0.3 $ echo 0 > cmdline1/enabled $ echo 10.0.0.4 > cmdline1/remote_ip $ echo 1 > cmdline1/enabled
--- Changelog: * Version 3: * Move alloc_param_target() to the bottom of the file to avoid forward declaration.
* Version 2: * Replaced the name of the NETCONSOLE_PARAM_TARGET_NAME macro * Improved the code documentation * Improved the user documentation
--- Breno Leitao (4): netconsole: move init/cleanup functions lower netconsole: Initialize configfs_item for default targets netconsole: Attach cmdline target to dynamic target Documentation: netconsole: add support for cmdline targets
Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst | 22 +++- drivers/net/netconsole.c | 155 ++++++++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
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