[PATCH RFC net-next 1/2] netconsole: extract message fragmentation into write_msg_target()

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Fri Nov 21 2025 - 06:26:36 EST


Refactor the message fragmentation logic in write_msg() by extracting it
into a separate write_msg_target() helper function. This makes the code
more maintainable and prepares for future reuse in nbcon support for
non-extended consoles.

The helper function takes a target, message, and length, then handles
splitting the message into MAX_PRINT_CHUNK-sized fragments for sending
via send_udp().

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index bb6e03a92956..f4b1706fb081 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -1559,6 +1559,20 @@ static void append_release(char *buf)
scnprintf(buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,", release);
}

+static void write_msg_target(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
+ unsigned int len)
+{
+ const char *tmp = msg;
+ int frag, left = len;
+
+ while (left > 0) {
+ frag = min(left, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK);
+ send_udp(nt, tmp, frag);
+ tmp += frag;
+ left -= frag;
+ }
+}
+
static void send_fragmented_body(struct netconsole_target *nt,
const char *msgbody, int header_len,
int msgbody_len, int extradata_len)
@@ -1728,10 +1742,8 @@ static void write_ext_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg,

static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
{
- int frag, left;
- unsigned long flags;
struct netconsole_target *nt;
- const char *tmp;
+ unsigned long flags;

if (oops_only && !oops_in_progress)
return;
@@ -1748,13 +1760,7 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
* at least one target if we die inside here, instead
* of unnecessarily keeping all targets in lock-step.
*/
- tmp = msg;
- for (left = len; left;) {
- frag = min(left, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK);
- send_udp(nt, tmp, frag);
- tmp += frag;
- left -= frag;
- }
+ write_msg_target(nt, msg, len);
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);

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