netdev - [PATCH net-next iproute2 0/3] ip: Initial support for extack errors

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Date:   Mon,  1 May 2017 20:18:22 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next iproute2 0/3] ip: Initial support for extack errors

Introduce a new function, rtnl_ack_extack, to allow commands to flip
to the new error reporting over time.

Convert iplink_modify to use the new function to display error strings
returned from ip link set commands.

David Ahern (3):
  netlink: import netlink message parsing from kernel
  netlink: Add support for extended ack to rtnl_talk
  ip link: Add extack handling for setlink

 include/libnetlink.h |  14 +++++
 include/nlattr.h     | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ip/iplink.c          |  18 +++++-
 lib/Makefile         |   2 +-
 lib/libnetlink.c     |  96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 lib/nlattr.c         | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 423 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/nlattr.h
 create mode 100644 lib/nlattr.c

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