Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: netconsole: Add continuation line prefix to userdata messages

[Breno Leitao]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 04:25:24PM -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
> 
> Fixes: df03f830d099 ("net: netconsole: cache userdata formatted string in netconsole_target")
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wood <thepacketgeek@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>