netdev - [PATCH] udp: make some messages more descriptive

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:48:12 +0200
From:   Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] udp: make some messages more descriptive

In the UDP code there are two leftover error messages with very few meaning.
Replace them with a more descriptive error message as some users
reported them as "strange network error".
---
 net/ipv4/udp.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index e45177ceb0ee..806b298a3bdd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ int udp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		/* ... which is an evident application bug. --ANK */
 		release_sock(sk);
 
-		net_dbg_ratelimited("cork app bug 2\n");
+		net_dbg_ratelimited("socket already corked\n");
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ int udp_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page, int offset,
 	if (unlikely(!up->pending)) {
 		release_sock(sk);
 
-		net_dbg_ratelimited("udp cork app bug 3\n");
+		net_dbg_ratelimited("cork failed\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.13.6