Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: netconsole: split send_msg_fragmented

From: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 01:48:15 -0700

On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 12:16:36PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 07:07:51AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > Refactor the send_msg_fragmented() function by extracting the logic for
> > sending the message body into a new function called
> > send_fragmented_body().
> > 
> > Now, send_msg_fragmented() handles appending the release and header, and
> > then delegates the task of sending the body to send_fragmented_body().
> 
> I think it would be good to expand a bit on why here.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/netconsole.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> > index be23def330e9..81d7d2b09988 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> > @@ -1066,45 +1066,21 @@ static void append_release(char *buf)
> >  	scnprintf(buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,", release);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void send_msg_fragmented(struct netconsole_target *nt,
> > -				const char *msg,
> > -				const char *userdata,
> > -				int msg_len,
> > -				int release_len)
> > +static void send_fragmented_body(struct netconsole_target *nt, char *buf,
> > +				 const char *msgbody, int header_len,
> > +				 int msgbody_len)
> >  {
> > -	int header_len, msgbody_len, body_len;
> > -	static char buf[MAX_PRINT_CHUNK]; /* protected by target_list_lock */
> > -	int offset = 0, userdata_len = 0;
> > -	const char *header, *msgbody;
> > -
> > -	if (userdata)
> > -		userdata_len = nt->userdata_length;
> > -
> > -	/* need to insert extra header fields, detect header and msgbody */
> > -	header = msg;
> > -	msgbody = memchr(msg, ';', msg_len);
> > -	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!msgbody))
> > -		return;
> > -
> > -	header_len = msgbody - header;
> > -	msgbody_len = msg_len - header_len - 1;
> > -	msgbody++;
> > -
> > -	/*
> > -	 * Transfer multiple chunks with the following extra header.
> > -	 * "ncfrag=<byte-offset>/<total-bytes>"
> > -	 */
> > -	if (release_len)
> > -		append_release(buf);
> > +	int body_len, offset = 0;
> > +	const char *userdata = NULL;
> > +	int userdata_len = 0;
> >  
> > -	/* Copy the header into the buffer */
> > -	memcpy(buf + release_len, header, header_len);
> > -	header_len += release_len;
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
> > +	userdata = nt->userdata_complete;
> > +	userdata_len = nt->userdata_length;
> > +#endif
> 
> I think that dropping the userdata parameter of send_msg_fragmented() ought
> to part of an earlier patch or separate patch. It doesn't seem strictly
> related to this patch.

I agree with you. Let me separate it in a different patch, then.

Thanks for the review,
--breno