netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: fix an extack message in tcf_block

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Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:51:29 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: fix an extack message in
 tcf_block_find()

On 9/27/18 3:36 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 2:16 PM Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/27/2018 01:42 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
>>> It is clearly a copy-n-paste.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  net/sched/cls_api.c | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>>> index 3de47e99b788..8dd7f8af6d54 100644
>>> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
>>> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>>> @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static struct tcf_block *tcf_block_find(struct net *net, struct Qdisc **q,
>>>
>>>               *q = qdisc_refcount_inc_nz(*q);
>>>               if (!*q) {
>>> -                     NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Parent Qdisc doesn't exists");
>>> +                     NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Can't increase Qdisc refcount");
>>
>>
>> I am not sure it was a copy-n-paste.
> 
> 
> Make sure you knew there is an exactly same extack message
> (with a same English grammar error).
> 
> 
>>
>> Qdisc refcount business is kernel internal.
> 
> Yeah, but the extack message is already there, this patch doesn't add
> any new extack. Or you are suggesting we should remove it?

IMO the message grammar should be fixed, but the content is correct --
ie, parent qdisc does not exist.