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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/netconsole.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c index 72384c1ecc5c..01cf33fa7503 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c @@ -1258,11 +1258,18 @@ static struct netconsole_target *alloc_param_target(char *target_config, goto fail; err = netpoll_setup(&nt->np); - if (err) - goto fail; - + if (err) { + pr_err("Not enabling netconsole for %s%d. Netpoll setup failed\n", + NETCONSOLE_PARAM_TARGET_PREFIX, cmdline_count); + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC)) + /* only fail if dynamic reconfiguration is set, + * otherwise, keep the target in the list, but disabled. + */ + goto fail; + } else { + nt->enabled = true; + } populate_configfs_item(nt, cmdline_count); - nt->enabled = true; return nt; |