[PATCH net-next v3 4/5] netconsole: use netpoll_parse_ip_addr in local_ip_store
From: Breno Leitao
Date: Wed Jul 23 2025 - 13:22:48 EST
Replace manual IP address parsing with a call to netpoll_parse_ip_addr
in local_ip_store(), simplifying the code and reducing the chance of
errors.
Also, remove the pr_err() if the user enters an invalid value in
configfs entries. pr_err() is not the best way to alert user that the
configuration is invalid.
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 22 +++++-----------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 3188cc180a934..358db590a5046 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ static ssize_t local_ip_store(struct config_item *item, const char *buf,
{
struct netconsole_target *nt = to_target(item);
ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+ int ipv6;
mutex_lock(&dynamic_netconsole_mutex);
if (nt->enabled) {
@@ -758,23 +759,10 @@ static ssize_t local_ip_store(struct config_item *item, const char *buf,
goto out_unlock;
}
- if (strnchr(buf, count, ':')) {
- const char *end;
-
- if (in6_pton(buf, count, nt->np.local_ip.in6.s6_addr, -1, &end) > 0) {
- if (*end && *end != '\n') {
- pr_err("invalid IPv6 address at: <%c>\n", *end);
- goto out_unlock;
- }
- nt->np.ipv6 = true;
- } else
- goto out_unlock;
- } else {
- if (!nt->np.ipv6)
- nt->np.local_ip.ip = in_aton(buf);
- else
- goto out_unlock;
- }
+ ipv6 = netpoll_parse_ip_addr(buf, &nt->np.local_ip);
+ if (ipv6 == -1)
+ goto out_unlock;
+ nt->np.ipv6 = !!ipv6;
ret = strnlen(buf, count);
out_unlock:
--
2.47.1