Re: [PATCH net-next v11 6/7] netconsole: resume previously deactivated target

[Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 11:00:26AM +0000, Andre Carvalho wrote:
> Attempt to resume a previously deactivated target when the associated
> interface comes back (NETDEV_REGISTER) or when it changes name
> (NETDEV_CHANGENAME) by calling netpoll_setup on the device.
> 
> Depending on how the target was setup (by mac or interface name), the
> corresponding field is compared with the device being brought up. Targets
> that match the incoming device, are scheduled for resume on a workqueue.
> 
> Resuming happens on a workqueue as we can't execute netpoll_setup in the
> context of the netdev event. A standalone workqueue (as opposed to the
> global one) is used to allow for proper cleanup process during
> netconsole module cleanup as we need to be able to flush all pending
> work before traversing the target list given that targets are temporarily
> removed from the list during resume_target.
> 
> Target transitions to STATE_DISABLED in case of failures resuming it to
> avoid retrying the same target indefinitely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Carvalho <asantostc@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>