From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@gmail.com>
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>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 7/7] docs: netconsole: document local_ip auto-selection
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:32:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aoLHH6AMEWKFYHfh@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814-netcons_ipv6-v3-7-bc0915e8c75f@gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 08:28:58PM +0100, Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> An unset local_ip is auto-populated from the egress interface at enable
> time, but any value the user writes, including 0.0.0.0, is used as-is.
> This deviates from the behavior prior to "netconsole: use the address
> family instead of the ipv6 flag", which interpreted 0.0.0.0 as unset.
>
> Document this so the distinction between "unset" and "set to 0.0.0.0" is
> clear.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-17 8:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 19:28 [PATCH net-next v3 0/7] netconsole: validate a target's IP address configuration Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/7] netconsole: add an address family to struct inet_addr Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/7] netconsole: use the address family instead of the ipv6 flag Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/7] netconsole: reject enabling a target with no remote IP address Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/7] netconsole: reject a target mixing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 5/7] netconsole: show empty string for an unset IP address Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] netconsole: move struct inet_addr into netconsole.c Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-14 19:28 ` [PATCH net-next v3 7/7] docs: netconsole: document local_ip auto-selection Gustavo Luiz Duarte
2026-08-17 8:32 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
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