On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:36:01AM -0800, Matthew Wood wrote: > Add a space (' ') prefix to every userdata line to match docs for > dev-kmsg. To account for this extra character in each userdata entry, > reduce userdata entry names (directory name) from 54 characters to 53. > > According to the dev-kmsg docs, a space is used for subsequent lines to > mark them as continuation lines. > > > A line starting with ' ', is a continuation line, adding > > key/value pairs to the log message, which provide the machine > > readable context of the message, for reliable processing in > > userspace. > > Testing for this patch:: > > cd /sys/kernel/config/netconsole && mkdir cmdline0 > cd cmdline0 > mkdir userdata/test && echo "hello" > userdata/test/value > mkdir userdata/test2 && echo "hello2" > userdata/test2/value > echo "message" > /dev/kmsg > > Outputs:: > > 6.8.0-rc5-virtme,12,493,231373579,-;message > test=hello > test2=hello2 > > And I confirmed all testing works as expected from the original patchset > > v1 -> v2: > - Calculate 53 byte user data name from: entry length - formatting chars - value length > - Update docs to reflect 53 byte limit for user data name (director) I think the changelog needs to come after the --- below, but I will defer that to the maintainers. > Fixes: df03f830d099 ("net: netconsole: cache userdata formatted string in netconsole_target") > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wood <thepacketgeek@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst | 8 ++++---- > drivers/net/netconsole.c | 8 +++++--- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst > index b28c525e5d1e..d55c2a22ec7a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst > +++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst > @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Custom user data can be appended to the end of messages with netconsole > dynamic configuration enabled. User data entries can be modified without > changing the "enabled" attribute of a target. > > -Directories (keys) under `userdata` are limited to 54 character length, and > +Directories (keys) under `userdata` are limited to 53 character length, and > data in `userdata/<key>/value` are limited to 200 bytes:: > > cd /sys/kernel/config/netconsole && mkdir cmdline0 > @@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ Messages will now include this additional user data:: > Sends:: > > 12,607,22085407756,-;This is a message > - foo=bar > - qux=baz > + foo=bar > + qux=baz > > Preview the userdata that will be appended with:: > > @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ The `qux` key is omitted since it has no value:: > > echo "This is a message" > /dev/kmsg > 12,607,22085407756,-;This is a message > - foo=bar > + foo=bar > > Delete `userdata` entries with `rmdir`:: > > diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c > index 0de108a1c0c8..46e447ea41b8 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c > +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c > @@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Console driver for network interfaces"); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > > #define MAX_PARAM_LENGTH 256 > -#define MAX_USERDATA_NAME_LENGTH 54 > -#define MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH 200 > #define MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH 256 > +#define MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH 200 > +#define MAX_USERDATA_NAME_LENGTH MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH - \ > + MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH - \ > + 3 /* ' ' '=' '\n' characters */ This is not beautiful even for my standards. I think something like the code below makes more sense, even if checkpatch is not happy. /* The number three below comes from ' ' + '=' + '\n' characters */ #define MAX_USERDATA_NAME_LENGTH MAX_USERDATA_ENTRY_LENGTH - MAX_USERDATA_VALUE_LENGTH - 3