Messages in this thread | | | From | Jay Vosburgh <> | Subject | Re: [net-next v2 1/2] bonding: netlink error message support for options | Date | Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:52:55 -0700 |
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Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@redhat.com> wrote:
>Add support for reporting errors via extack in both bond_newlink >and bond_changelink. > >Instead of having to look in the kernel log for why an option was not >correct just report the error to the user via the extack variable. > >What is currently reported today: > ip link add bond0 type bond > ip link set bond0 up > ip link set bond0 type bond mode 4 > RTNETLINK answers: Device or resource busy > >After this change: > ip link add bond0 type bond > ip link set bond0 up > ip link set bond0 type bond mode 4 > Error: unable to set option because the bond is up. > >Signed-off-by: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@canonical.com>
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