linux-kernel - Re: [net-next 1/2] bonding: netlink error message support for options

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Message-ID: <8b94a750-dc64-d689-0553-eba55a51a484@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jun 2022 20:23:22 -0400
From:   Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/2] bonding: netlink error message support for options

On 6/7/22 20:19, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon,  6 Jun 2022 11:26:52 -0400 Jonathan Toppins 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@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>>      Removed the printf support and just added static messages for various
>>      error events.
> 
> Thanks! nit, missing kdoc:
> 
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c:729: warning: Function parameter or member 'bad_attr' not described in '__bond_opt_set'
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c:729: warning: Function parameter or member 'extack' not described in '__bond_opt_set'
> 

Thanks, will post a v2 tomorrow. What tool was used to generate the 
errors? sparse? checkpatch reported zero errors.