Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] netconsole: add an address family to struct inet_addr

[Breno Leitao]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 10:33:01PM +0100, Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> @@ -731,7 +733,7 @@ static void netconsole_print_banner(struct netconsole_target *nt)
>  /* Parse the string and populate the `inet_addr` union. Return 0 if IPv4 is
						    ^-> there is no more union.

I think there are other references for union that needs to be updated as
well.

> +static int netpoll_parse_ip_addr(const char *str, struct inet_addr *addr)
...
>  	return -1;

Should the failure path set addr->family = AF_UNSPEC?

> +++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
> +struct inet_addr {
> +	/* Address family: AF_UNSPEC when unset, else AF_INET or AF_INET6 */
> +	u8			family;
> +	union {
> +		__be32		ip;
> +		struct in6_addr	in6;
> +	};
>  };

Since a1116396476f6 ("netconsole: move local_ip/remote_ip/ipv6 to
netconsole_target") struct netpoll has no address member, and netconsole
is the only user left in the tree:

    drivers/net/netconsole.c:   union inet_addr         local_ip, remote_ip;
    drivers/net/netconsole.c:static int netpoll_parse_ip_addr(const char *str, union inet_addr *addr)

Since you touched it, can you move it to netconsole headers, please?

--breno