@@ -167,19 +167,17 @@ static void netconsole_target_put(struct netconsole_target *nt)
#endif /* CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC */
-/* Allocate new target (from boot/module param) and setup netpoll for it */
-static struct netconsole_target *alloc_param_target(char *target_config)
+/*
+ * Allocate and initialize with defaults. Note that these targets get
+ * their config_item fields zeroed-out.
+ */
+static struct netconsole_target *alloc_netconsole_target(void)
{
- int err = -ENOMEM;
struct netconsole_target *nt;
- /*
- * Allocate and initialize with defaults.
- * Note that these targets get their config_item fields zeroed-out.
- */
nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!nt)
- goto fail;
+ return NULL;
nt->np.name = "netconsole";
strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, "eth0", IFNAMSIZ);
@@ -188,6 +186,19 @@ static struct netconsole_target *alloc_param_target(char *target_config)
mutex_init(&nt->mutex);
eth_broadcast_addr(nt->np.remote_mac);
+ return nt;
+}
+
+/* Allocate new target (from boot/module param) and setup netpoll for it */
+static struct netconsole_target *alloc_param_target(char *target_config)
+{
+ int err = -ENOMEM;
+ struct netconsole_target *nt;
+
+ nt = alloc_netconsole_target();
+ if (!nt)
+ goto fail;
+
/* Parse parameters and setup netpoll */
err = netpoll_parse_options(&nt->np, target_config);
if (err)
@@ -592,21 +603,10 @@ static struct config_item *make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
unsigned long flags;
struct netconsole_target *nt;
- /*
- * Allocate and initialize with defaults.
- * Target is disabled at creation (!enabled).
- */
- nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
+ nt = alloc_netconsole_target();
if (!nt)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- nt->np.name = "netconsole";
- strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, "eth0", IFNAMSIZ);
- nt->np.local_port = 6665;
- nt->np.remote_port = 6666;
- mutex_init(&nt->mutex);
- eth_broadcast_addr(nt->np.remote_mac);
-
/* Initialize the config_item member */
config_item_init_type_name(&nt->item, name, &netconsole_target_type);
alloc_param_target() and make_netconsole_target() were duplicating the same allocation and init logic. Factor it out to alloc_netconsole_target(). This is pure reorganization. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --- drivers/net/netconsole.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)