[PATCH net-next v3 3/5] netconsole: append msgid to sysdata

From: Gustavo Luiz Duarte
Date: Mon Jun 16 2025 - 13:11:25 EST


Add msgcounter to the netconsole_target struct to generate message IDs.
If the msgid_enabled attribute is true, increment msgcounter and append
msgid=<msgcounter> to sysdata buffer before sending the message.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 3bf8777fcd01..ee2bc82f81f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ enum sysdata_feature {
* @extradata_complete: Cached, formatted string of append
* @userdata_length: String length of usedata in extradata_complete.
* @sysdata_fields: Sysdata features enabled.
+ * @msgcounter: Message sent counter.
* @stats: Packet send stats for the target. Used for debugging.
* @enabled: On / off knob to enable / disable target.
* Visible from userspace (read-write).
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ struct netconsole_target {
size_t userdata_length;
/* bit-wise with sysdata_feature bits */
u32 sysdata_fields;
+ /* protected by target_list_lock */
+ u32 msgcounter;
#endif
struct netconsole_target_stats stats;
bool enabled;
@@ -1345,6 +1348,14 @@ static int sysdata_append_release(struct netconsole_target *nt, int offset)
init_utsname()->release);
}

+static int sysdata_append_msgid(struct netconsole_target *nt, int offset)
+{
+ wrapping_assign_add(nt->msgcounter, 1);
+ return scnprintf(&nt->extradata_complete[offset],
+ MAX_EXTRADATA_ENTRY_LEN, " msgid=%u\n",
+ nt->msgcounter);
+}
+
/*
* prepare_extradata - append sysdata at extradata_complete in runtime
* @nt: target to send message to
@@ -1367,6 +1378,8 @@ static int prepare_extradata(struct netconsole_target *nt)
extradata_len += sysdata_append_taskname(nt, extradata_len);
if (nt->sysdata_fields & SYSDATA_RELEASE)
extradata_len += sysdata_append_release(nt, extradata_len);
+ if (nt->sysdata_fields & SYSDATA_MSGID)
+ extradata_len += sysdata_append_msgid(nt, extradata_len);

WARN_ON_ONCE(extradata_len >
MAX_EXTRADATA_ENTRY_LEN * MAX_EXTRADATA_ITEMS);

--
2.47.1