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rtnetlink: Add more extack messages to rtnl_newlink

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Add extack arg to the nla_parse_nested calls in rtnl_newlink, and
add messages for unknown device type and link network namespace id.
In particular, it improves the failure message when the wrong link
type is used. From
    $ ip li add bond1 type bonding
    RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported
to
    $ ip li add bond1 type bonding
    Error: Unknown device type.

(The module name is bonding but the link type is bond.)

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David Ahern 2018-11-06 12:51:16 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent d7e774f356
commit 68d57f3b1d
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
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net/core/rtnetlink.c
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@ -3054,7 +3054,7 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
if (ops->maxtype && linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_DATA]) {
err = nla_parse_nested(attr, ops->maxtype,
linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_DATA],
ops->policy, NULL);
ops->policy, extack);
if (err < 0)
return err;
data = attr;
@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
m_ops->slave_maxtype,
linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA],
m_ops->slave_policy,
NULL);
extack);
if (err < 0)
return err;
slave_data = slave_attr;
@ -3140,6 +3140,7 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
goto replay;
}
#endif
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Unknown device type");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
@ -3160,6 +3161,7 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
link_net = get_net_ns_by_id(dest_net, id);
if (!link_net) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Unknown network namespace id");
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}