Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/5] netconsole: reuse netpoll_parse_ip_addr in configfs helpers

From: Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 04:52:00 -0700

This patchset refactors the IP address parsing logic in the netconsole
driver to eliminate code duplication and improve maintainability. The
changes centralize IPv4 and IPv6 address parsing into a single function
(netpoll_parse_ip_addr). For that, it needs to teach
netpoll_parse_ip_addr() to handle strings with newlines, which is the
type of string coming from configfs.

Background

The netconsole driver currently has duplicate IP address parsing logic
in both local_ip_store() and remote_ip_store() functions. This
duplication increases the risk of inconsistencies and makes the code
harder to maintain.

Benefits

* Reduced code duplication: ~40 lines of duplicate parsing logic eliminated
 * Improved robustness: Centralized parsing reduces the chance of inconsistencies
 * Easier to maintain: Code follow more the netdev way

PS: The patches are very well contained in other to help review.

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Breno Leitao (5):
      netpoll: Remove unused fields from inet_addr union
      netconsole: move netpoll_parse_ip_addr() earlier for reuse
      netconsole: add support for strings with new line in netpoll_parse_ip_addr
      netconsole: use netpoll_parse_ip_addr in local_ip_store
      netconsole: use netpoll_parse_ip_addr in local_ip_store

 drivers/net/netconsole.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 include/linux/netpoll.h  |  3 --
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
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base-commit: d61f6cb6f6ef3c70d2ccc0d9c85c508cb8017da9
change-id: 20250718-netconsole_ref-c1f7254cfb51

Best regards,
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Breno Leitao <[email-masked]>