Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] netconsole: refactor CPU number formatting into separate function

From: Simon Horman
Date: Tue Feb 25 2025 - 05:21:45 EST


On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 05:52:07AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Extract CPU number formatting logic from prepare_extradata() into a new
> append_cpu_nr() function.
>
> This refactoring improves code organization by isolating CPU number
> formatting into its own function while reducing the complexity of
> prepare_extradata().
>
> The change prepares the codebase for the upcoming taskname feature by
> establishing a consistent pattern for handling sysdata features.
>
> The CPU number formatting logic itself remains unchanged; only its
> location has moved to improve maintainability.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/netconsole.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> index c086e2fe51f874812379e6f89c421d7d32980f91..26ff2ed4de16bce58e9eeaf8b5b362dfaafaca0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> @@ -1117,13 +1117,21 @@ static void populate_configfs_item(struct netconsole_target *nt,
> init_target_config_group(nt, target_name);
> }
>
> +static int append_cpu_nr(struct netconsole_target *nt, int offset)
> +{
> + /* Append cpu=%d at extradata_complete after userdata str */
> + return scnprintf(&nt->extradata_complete[offset],
> + MAX_EXTRADATA_ENTRY_LEN, " cpu=%u\n",
> + raw_smp_processor_id());
> +}
> +
> /*
> * prepare_extradata - append sysdata at extradata_complete in runtime
> * @nt: target to send message to
> */
> static int prepare_extradata(struct netconsole_target *nt)
> {
> - int sysdata_len, extradata_len;
> + int extradata_len;
>
> /* userdata was appended when configfs write helper was called
> * by update_userdata().
> @@ -1133,12 +1141,8 @@ static int prepare_extradata(struct netconsole_target *nt)
> if (!(nt->sysdata_fields & SYSDATA_CPU_NR))
> goto out;
>
> - /* Append cpu=%d at extradata_complete after userdata str */
> - sysdata_len = scnprintf(&nt->extradata_complete[nt->userdata_length],
> - MAX_EXTRADATA_ENTRY_LEN, " cpu=%u\n",
> - raw_smp_processor_id());
> -
> - extradata_len += sysdata_len;
> + if (nt->sysdata_fields & SYSDATA_CPU_NR)
> + extradata_len += append_cpu_nr(nt, nt->userdata_length);

Hi Breno,

As this is the only caller of append_cpu_nr() I'm wondering
if it would be nicer if nt was the only argument to append_cpu_nr().

Not a big deal either way, so the above notwithstanding:

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> WARN_ON_ONCE(extradata_len >
> MAX_EXTRADATA_ENTRY_LEN * MAX_EXTRADATA_ITEMS);
>
> --
> 2.43.5
>
>