Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] netconsole: show empty string for an unset IP address

Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 05:47:29PM +0100, Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> An unset address (local_ip/remote_ip), now denoted by AF_UNSPEC,
> currently shows "0.0.0.0" in configfs. Print an empty string instead,
> which is more clear.

Ack. Now 0.0.0.0 is different than an empty string (AF_UNSPEC).

> In netconsole_print_banner() we can be even more explicit about it, as
> we don't have the risk of userspace trying to parse it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <[email protected]>

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