[PATCH 07/19] drivers: netconsole: Migrate to register_console_force helper

Marcos Paulo de Souza mpdesouza at suse.com
Sat Dec 27 04:16:14 PST 2025


The register_console_force function was introduced to register consoles
even on the presence of default consoles, replacing the CON_ENABLE flag
that was forcing the same behavior.

Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza at suse.com>
---
 drivers/net/netconsole.c | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index bb6e03a92956..509ab629d95f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -583,16 +583,14 @@ static ssize_t enabled_store(struct config_item *item,
 		}
 
 		if (nt->extended && !console_is_registered(&netconsole_ext)) {
-			netconsole_ext.flags |= CON_ENABLED;
-			register_console(&netconsole_ext);
+			register_console_force(&netconsole_ext);
 		}
 
 		/* User might be enabling the basic format target for the very
 		 * first time, make sure the console is registered.
 		 */
 		if (!nt->extended && !console_is_registered(&netconsole)) {
-			netconsole.flags |= CON_ENABLED;
-			register_console(&netconsole);
+			register_console_force(&netconsole);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -1917,13 +1915,12 @@ static void free_param_target(struct netconsole_target *nt)
 
 static struct console netconsole_ext = {
 	.name	= "netcon_ext",
-	.flags	= CON_ENABLED | CON_EXTENDED,
+	.flags	= CON_EXTENDED,
 	.write	= write_ext_msg,
 };
 
 static struct console netconsole = {
 	.name	= "netcon",
-	.flags	= CON_ENABLED,
 	.write	= write_msg,
 };
 
@@ -1971,9 +1968,9 @@ static int __init init_netconsole(void)
 		goto undonotifier;
 
 	if (console_type_needed & CONS_EXTENDED)
-		register_console(&netconsole_ext);
+		register_console_force(&netconsole_ext);
 	if (console_type_needed & CONS_BASIC)
-		register_console(&netconsole);
+		register_console_force(&netconsole);
 	pr_info("network logging started\n");
 
 	return err;

-- 
2.52.0




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