[PATCH net-next 2/3] net: netconsole: Eliminate redundant setting of enabled field

From: Breno Leitao
Date: Tue Jul 09 2024 - 10:45:03 EST


When disabling a netconsole target, enabled_store() is called with
enabled=false. Currently, this results in updating the nt->enabled
field twice:

1. Inside the if/else block, with the target_list_lock spinlock held
2. Later, without the target_list_lock

This patch eliminates the redundancy by setting the field only once,
improving efficiency and reducing potential race conditions.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index de0d89e4e4e2..5ef680cf994a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ static ssize_t enabled_store(struct config_item *item,
if (err)
goto out_unlock;

+ nt->enabled = true;
pr_info("network logging started\n");
} else { /* false */
/* We need to disable the netconsole before cleaning it up
@@ -381,8 +382,6 @@ static ssize_t enabled_store(struct config_item *item,
netpoll_cleanup(&nt->np);
}

- nt->enabled = enabled;
-
mutex_unlock(&dynamic_netconsole_mutex);
return strnlen(buf, count);
out_unlock:
--
2.43.0