[PATCH 8/9] netconsole: move remote_port from struct netpoll to netconsole_target

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Sun May 24 2026 - 12:18:39 EST


The UDP destination port used to build outgoing log packets is pure
netconsole configuration. net/core/netpoll.c never reads it, and
no other struct netpoll consumer touches it.

Add remote_port to struct netconsole_target, drop it from struct
netpoll, and update alloc_and_init(), the remote_port_show /
remote_port_store configfs handlers, push_udp(),
netconsole_print_banner() and netconsole_parser_cmdline() to read
it from nt-> rather than np->. The struct netconsole_target *
parameter threaded through these helpers by the previous patch
already gives them access to the new home.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 14 ++++++++------
include/linux/netpoll.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index a4f34560cee5..32e2a925f915 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ enum target_state {
* that netpoll core still reads (local_ip, remote_ip, ipv6,
* dev_name, dev_mac).
* @local_port: UDP source port used to build outgoing log packets.
+ * @remote_port: UDP destination port used to build outgoing log packets.
* @buf: The buffer used to send the full msg to the network stack
* @resume_wq: Workqueue to resume deactivated target
* @skb_pool: Per-target fallback skb pool consulted by find_skb() when
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ struct netconsole_target {
bool release;
struct netpoll np;
u16 local_port;
+ u16 remote_port;
/* protected by target_list_lock */
char buf[MAX_PRINT_CHUNK];
struct work_struct resume_wq;
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ static struct netconsole_target *alloc_and_init(void)
nt->np.name = "netconsole";
strscpy(nt->np.dev_name, "eth0", IFNAMSIZ);
nt->local_port = 6665;
- nt->np.remote_port = 6666;
+ nt->remote_port = 6666;
eth_broadcast_addr(nt->np.remote_mac);
nt->state = STATE_DISABLED;
INIT_WORK(&nt->resume_wq, process_resume_target);
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ static void netconsole_print_banner(struct netconsole_target *nt)
np_info(np, "local IPv4 address %pI4\n", &np->local_ip.ip);
np_info(np, "interface name '%s'\n", np->dev_name);
np_info(np, "local ethernet address '%pM'\n", np->dev_mac);
- np_info(np, "remote port %d\n", np->remote_port);
+ np_info(np, "remote port %d\n", nt->remote_port);
if (np->ipv6)
np_info(np, "remote IPv6 address %pI6c\n", &np->remote_ip.in6);
else
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@ static ssize_t local_port_show(struct config_item *item, char *buf)

static ssize_t remote_port_show(struct config_item *item, char *buf)
{
- return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", to_target(item)->np.remote_port);
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", to_target(item)->remote_port);
}

static ssize_t local_ip_show(struct config_item *item, char *buf)
@@ -958,7 +960,7 @@ static ssize_t remote_port_store(struct config_item *item,
goto out_unlock;
}

- ret = kstrtou16(buf, 10, &nt->np.remote_port);
+ ret = kstrtou16(buf, 10, &nt->remote_port);
if (ret < 0)
goto out_unlock;
ret = count;
@@ -1800,7 +1802,7 @@ static void push_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, struct sk_buff *skb, int len)

udph = udp_hdr(skb);
udph->source = htons(nt->local_port);
- udph->dest = htons(np->remote_port);
+ udph->dest = htons(nt->remote_port);
udph->len = htons(udp_len);

netpoll_udp_checksum(np, skb, len);
@@ -2274,7 +2276,7 @@ static int netconsole_parser_cmdline(struct netconsole_target *nt, char *opt)
*delim = 0;
if (*cur == ' ' || *cur == '\t')
np_info(np, "warning: whitespace is not allowed\n");
- if (kstrtou16(cur, 10, &np->remote_port))
+ if (kstrtou16(cur, 10, &nt->remote_port))
goto parse_failed;
cur = delim;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index dcea36713720..12467a45929e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct netpoll {

union inet_addr local_ip, remote_ip;
bool ipv6;
- u16 remote_port;
u8 remote_mac[ETH_ALEN];
};


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2.54.0