[PATCH] printk: add CONFIG_PRINTK dependency for netconsole
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Feb 13 2026 - 02:45:03 EST
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
The 'select PRINTK_EXECUTION_CTX' line now causes a harmless warning
when NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC is enabled but PRINTK is not:
WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for PRINTK_EXECUTION_CTX
Depends on [n]: PRINTK [=n]
Selected by [y]:
- NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && NET_CORE [=y] && NETCONSOLE [=y] && SYSFS [=y] && CONFIGFS_FS [=y] && (NETCONSOLE [=y]!=y [=y] || CONFIGFS_FS [=y]!=m [=m])
In that configuration, the netconsole driver is useless anyway, so
avoid this with an added dependency that prevents CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
to be enabled without CONFIG_PRINTK.
Fixes: 60325c27d3cf ("printk: Add execution context (task name/CPU) to printk_info")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 4154a6f98c74..93d78b201d63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ config MACSEC
config NETCONSOLE
tristate "Network console logging support"
+ depends on PRINTK
help
If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst> for details.
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