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authorJakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>2017-04-30 21:46:46 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-05-01 10:35:47 -0400
commitddf9f970764f4390aba767e77fddaaced4a6760d (patch)
treedf2bda9d14a042405d75ee93c9fb11e8991d6cac /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parentnetlink: add NULL-friendly helper for setting extended ACK message (diff)
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xdp: propagate extended ack to XDP setup
Drivers usually have a number of restrictions for running XDP - most common being buffer sizes, LRO and number of rings. Even though some drivers try to be helpful and print error messages experience shows that users don't often consult kernel logs on netlink errors. Try to use the new extended ack mechanism to carry the message back to user space. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9031a6c8bfa7..6e67315ec368 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1919,6 +1919,7 @@ static int do_set_master(struct net_device *dev, int ifindex)
#define DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY 0x03
static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
struct nlattr **tb, char *ifname, int status)
{
const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
@@ -2201,7 +2202,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
}
if (xdp[IFLA_XDP_FD]) {
- err = dev_change_xdp_fd(dev,
+ err = dev_change_xdp_fd(dev, extack,
nla_get_s32(xdp[IFLA_XDP_FD]),
xdp_flags);
if (err)
@@ -2261,7 +2262,7 @@ static int rtnl_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
if (err < 0)
goto errout;
- err = do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, tb, ifname, 0);
+ err = do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, extack, tb, ifname, 0);
errout:
return err;
}
@@ -2423,6 +2424,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_create_link);
static int rtnl_group_changelink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net *net, int group,
struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
struct nlattr **tb)
{
struct net_device *dev, *aux;
@@ -2430,7 +2432,7 @@ static int rtnl_group_changelink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
for_each_netdev_safe(net, dev, aux) {
if (dev->group == group) {
- err = do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, tb, NULL, 0);
+ err = do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, extack, tb, NULL, 0);
if (err < 0)
return err;
}
@@ -2576,14 +2578,15 @@ replay:
status |= DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY;
}
- return do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, tb, ifname, status);
+ return do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, extack, tb, ifname,
+ status);
}
if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE)) {
if (ifm->ifi_index == 0 && tb[IFLA_GROUP])
return rtnl_group_changelink(skb, net,
nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]),
- ifm, tb);
+ ifm, extack, tb);
return -ENODEV;
}