From 7a4c53bee3324ac00bf964aa2f82d15d279e86e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:43:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] net: report invalid mtu value via netlink extack

If an invalid MTU value is set through rtnetlink return extra error
information instead of putting message in kernel log. For other cases
where there is no visible API, keep the error report in the log.

Example:
	# ip li set dev enp12s0 mtu 10000
	Error: mtu greater than device maximum.

	# ifconfig enp12s0 mtu 10000
	SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument
	# dmesg | tail -1
	[ 2047.795467] enp12s0: mtu greater than device maximum

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |  2 ++
 net/core/dev.c            | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 net/core/rtnetlink.c      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c1295c7a452e..9c917467a2c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3546,6 +3546,8 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *, const char *, size_t);
 int dev_get_alias(const struct net_device *, char *, size_t);
 int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *, struct net *, const char *);
 int __dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
+int dev_set_mtu_ext(struct net_device *dev, int mtu,
+		    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
 int dev_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *, unsigned long);
 void dev_set_group(struct net_device *, int);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 87c42c8249ae..89031b5fef9f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7523,13 +7523,15 @@ int __dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_set_mtu);
 
 /**
- *	dev_set_mtu - Change maximum transfer unit
+ *	dev_set_mtu_ext - Change maximum transfer unit
  *	@dev: device
  *	@new_mtu: new transfer unit
+ *	@extack: netlink extended ack
  *
  *	Change the maximum transfer size of the network device.
  */
-int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
+int dev_set_mtu_ext(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu,
+		    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	int err, orig_mtu;
 
@@ -7538,14 +7540,12 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 
 	/* MTU must be positive, and in range */
 	if (new_mtu < 0 || new_mtu < dev->min_mtu) {
-		net_err_ratelimited("%s: Invalid MTU %d requested, hw min %d\n",
-				    dev->name, new_mtu, dev->min_mtu);
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "mtu less than device minimum");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (dev->max_mtu > 0 && new_mtu > dev->max_mtu) {
-		net_err_ratelimited("%s: Invalid MTU %d requested, hw max %d\n",
-				    dev->name, new_mtu, dev->max_mtu);
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "mtu greater than device maximum");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -7573,6 +7573,17 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	}
 	return err;
 }
+
+int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
+{
+	struct netlink_ext_ack extack;
+	int err;
+
+	err = dev_set_mtu_ext(dev, new_mtu, &extack);
+	if (err)
+		net_err_ratelimited("%s: %s\n", dev->name, extack._msg);
+	return err;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mtu);
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 510d4f765a13..24431e578310 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2382,7 +2382,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
-		err = dev_set_mtu(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]));
+		err = dev_set_mtu_ext(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]), extack);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto errout;
 		status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;