[PATCH net-next v2 2/9] netconsole: move netpoll_send_udp() from netpoll
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Tue May 12 2026 - 06:49:45 EST
Move netpoll_send_udp() from net/core/netpoll.c into
drivers/net/netconsole.c as a static helper, drop EXPORT_SYMBOL(),
and remove the prototype from include/linux/netpoll.h.
netconsole was the only in-tree caller of this entry point. Every
other netpoll consumer (bonding, team, vlan, bridge, macvlan, dsa)
already builds its own sk_buff and hands it to netpoll_send_skb(),
so the netpoll send-side interface is now skb-only.
The helpers it depends on (find_skb(), push_ipv6(), push_ipv4(),
push_udp(), push_eth(), netpoll_udp_checksum()) were exposed in
the previous patches and stay in net/core/netpoll.c for now.
Subsequent patches move each of them into netconsole one at a time
and drop the corresponding EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
Pull <linux/ip.h>, <linux/ipv6.h> and <linux/udp.h> into netconsole.c
so the moved code can name the header structures.
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/netpoll.h | 1 -
net/core/netpoll.c | 37 -------------------------------------
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 57dd6821a8aa9..56f310041ebda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/ip.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/udp.h>
#include <linux/netpoll.h>
#include <linux/inet.h>
#include <linux/configfs.h>
@@ -1648,6 +1651,41 @@ static struct notifier_block netconsole_netdev_notifier = {
.notifier_call = netconsole_netdev_event,
};
+static int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
+{
+ int total_len, ip_len, udp_len;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
+
+ udp_len = len + sizeof(struct udphdr);
+ if (np->ipv6)
+ ip_len = udp_len + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+ else
+ ip_len = udp_len + sizeof(struct iphdr);
+
+ total_len = ip_len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(np->dev);
+
+ skb = find_skb(np, total_len + np->dev->needed_tailroom,
+ total_len - len);
+ if (!skb)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, msg, len);
+ skb_put(skb, len);
+
+ push_udp(np, skb, len);
+ if (np->ipv6)
+ push_ipv6(np, skb, len);
+ else
+ push_ipv4(np, skb, len);
+ push_eth(np, skb);
+ skb->dev = np->dev;
+
+ return (int)netpoll_send_skb(np, skb);
+}
+
/**
* send_udp - Wrapper for netpoll_send_udp that counts errors
* @nt: target to send message to
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index e68c80b329411..57be72bb82dc9 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static inline void netpoll_poll_disable(struct net_device *dev) { return; }
static inline void netpoll_poll_enable(struct net_device *dev) { return; }
#endif
-int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len);
int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev);
int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np);
void __netpoll_free(struct netpoll *np);
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 41305056c56ff..39209308efad0 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -499,43 +499,6 @@ void push_eth(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(push_eth);
-int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
-{
- int total_len, ip_len, udp_len;
- struct sk_buff *skb;
-
- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
-
- udp_len = len + sizeof(struct udphdr);
- if (np->ipv6)
- ip_len = udp_len + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
- else
- ip_len = udp_len + sizeof(struct iphdr);
-
- total_len = ip_len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(np->dev);
-
- skb = find_skb(np, total_len + np->dev->needed_tailroom,
- total_len - len);
- if (!skb)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb, msg, len);
- skb_put(skb, len);
-
- push_udp(np, skb, len);
- if (np->ipv6)
- push_ipv6(np, skb, len);
- else
- push_ipv4(np, skb, len);
- push_eth(np, skb);
- skb->dev = np->dev;
-
- return (int)netpoll_send_skb(np, skb);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_send_udp);
-
-
static void skb_pool_flush(struct netpoll *np)
{
struct sk_buff_head *skb_pool;
--
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