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 <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
