netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] bridge: fdb: add an error print for unknown command

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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:52:14 +0300
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: mlxsw@...dia.com, dsahern@...il.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
 roopa@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] bridge: fdb: add an error print for unknown
 command

On 10/10/23 12:57, Amit Cohen wrote:
> Commit 6e1ca489c5a2 ("bridge: fdb: add new flush command") added support
> for "bridge fdb flush" command. This commit did not handle unsupported
> keywords, they are just ignored.
> 
> Add an error print to notify the user when a keyword which is not supported
> is used. The kernel will be extended to support flush with VXLAN device,
> so new attributes will be supported (e.g., vni, port). When iproute-2 does
> not warn for unsupported keyword, user might think that the flush command
> works, although the iproute-2 version is too old and it does not send VXLAN
> attributes to the kernel.
> 
> Fixes: 6e1ca489c5a2 ("bridge: fdb: add new flush command")
> Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>
> ---
>   bridge/fdb.c | 8 ++++++--
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/bridge/fdb.c b/bridge/fdb.c
> index ae8f7b46..d7ef26fd 100644
> --- a/bridge/fdb.c
> +++ b/bridge/fdb.c
> @@ -761,9 +761,13 @@ static int fdb_flush(int argc, char **argv)
>   				duparg2("vlan", *argv);
>   			NEXT_ARG();
>   			vid = atoi(*argv);
> +		} else if (strcmp(*argv, "help") == 0) {
> +			NEXT_ARG();
>   		} else {
> -			if (strcmp(*argv, "help") == 0)
> -				NEXT_ARG();
> +			fprintf(stderr, "bridge fdb: unknown command \"%s\"?\n",
> +				*argv);
> +			usage();
> +			return -1;
>   		}
>   		argc--; argv++;
>   	}

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>