[PATCH net-next 7/9] netconsole: move egress_dev() as netcons_egress_dev()

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 11:23:57 EST


move egress_dev() from netpoll to netconsole, and append netcons_
prefix.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
include/linux/netpoll.h | 1 -
net/core/netpoll.c | 17 -----------------
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index b6cbda4722d5b..fc575adc29bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -353,6 +353,22 @@ static void netconsole_skb_pool_flush(struct netconsole_target *nt)
skb_queue_purge_reason(&nt->skb_pool, SKB_CONSUMED);
}

+/*
+ * Returns a pointer to a string representation of the identifier used
+ * to select the egress interface for the given netpoll instance. buf
+ * is used to format np->dev_mac when np->dev_name is empty; bufsz must
+ * be at least MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN + 1 to fit the formatted MAC address
+ * and its NUL terminator.
+ */
+static char *netcons_egress_dev(struct netpoll *np, char *buf, size_t bufsz)
+{
+ if (np->dev_name[0])
+ return np->dev_name;
+
+ snprintf(buf, bufsz, "%pM", np->dev_mac);
+ return buf;
+}
+
/*
* Take the IPv6 from ndev and populate local_ip structure in netpoll
*/
@@ -364,7 +380,7 @@ static int netcons_take_ipv6(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)

if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)) {
np_err(np, "IPv6 is not supported %s, aborting\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
return -EINVAL;
}

@@ -386,7 +402,7 @@ static int netcons_take_ipv6(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
}
if (err) {
np_err(np, "no IPv6 address for %s, aborting\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
return err;
}

@@ -406,14 +422,14 @@ static int netcons_take_ipv4(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(ndev);
if (!in_dev) {
np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
return -EDESTADDRREQ;
}

ifa = rtnl_dereference(in_dev->ifa_list);
if (!ifa) {
np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
return -EDESTADDRREQ;
}

@@ -456,7 +472,7 @@ static int netcons_netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)

if (!ndev) {
np_err(np, "%s doesn't exist, aborting\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
err = -ENODEV;
goto unlock;
}
@@ -464,14 +480,14 @@ static int netcons_netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)

if (netdev_master_upper_dev_get(ndev)) {
np_err(np, "%s is a slave device, aborting\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
err = -EBUSY;
goto put;
}

if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
np_info(np, "device %s not up yet, forcing it\n",
- egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+ netcons_egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));

err = dev_open(ndev, NULL);
if (err) {
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index 7736339f9880e..dac8dc2529de0 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ netdev_tx_t netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb);
void netpoll_zap_completion_queue(void);
unsigned int netpoll_get_carrier_timeout(void);
void netpoll_wait_carrier(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev);
-char *egress_dev(struct netpoll *np, char *buf, size_t bufsz);

#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
static inline void *netpoll_poll_lock(struct napi_struct *napi)
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 246aa2bfd7805..f385ae4b70f5c 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -392,23 +392,6 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__netpoll_setup);

-/*
- * Returns a pointer to a string representation of the identifier used
- * to select the egress interface for the given netpoll instance. buf
- * is used to format np->dev_mac when np->dev_name is empty; bufsz must
- * be at least MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN + 1 to fit the formatted MAC address
- * and its NUL terminator.
- */
-char *egress_dev(struct netpoll *np, char *buf, size_t bufsz)
-{
- if (np->dev_name[0])
- return np->dev_name;
-
- snprintf(buf, bufsz, "%pM", np->dev_mac);
- return buf;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(egress_dev);
-
void netpoll_wait_carrier(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
{
unsigned long atmost;

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