[PATCH net-next 0/2] netconsole: replace target_list_lock by RCU on userdata hot path

Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I would like to move netconsole to use RCU on the hot path for
a while instead of target_list_lock. My goal is to have no lock on the
tx side at all and eventually drop CON_NBCON_ATOMIC_UNSAFE, if that is
possible [1].

Start removing target_list_lock on certain parts of the code. This patch
transform the userdata array into a RCU-protected pointer, and use the
dynamic mutex as the write lock.

Added a selftest, given we didn't have any netconsole selftest for
userdata operations. Feel free to drop it if this is not user, dear
maintainers.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/[1]

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
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Breno Leitao (2):
      netconsole: publish the userdata payload with RCU
      selftests: netconsole: add a userdata torture test

 drivers/net/netconsole.c                           |  88 ++++----
 .../selftests/drivers/net/netconsole/Makefile      |   1 +
 .../drivers/net/netconsole/netcons_userdata.sh     | 224 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 8ba098e6b6ff0db8edf28528d1552be261af30d4
change-id: 20260801-netcons-userdata-rcu-40446e018f86

Best regards,
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Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
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