From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>,
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: add CONFIG_PRINTK dependency for netconsole
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:47:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZLnvlwMJ5oOypVN@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260213074431.1729627-1-arnd@kernel.org>
On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 08:44:00AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> 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@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-16 9:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-13 7:44 [PATCH] printk: add CONFIG_PRINTK dependency for netconsole Arnd Bergmann
2026-02-16 9:47 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-02-17 12:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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