linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 net-next 6/7] net/sched: taprio: add extack messages in taprio

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:50:45 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 6/7] net/sched: taprio: add extack messages in taprio_init

Stop contributing to the proverbial user unfriendliness of tc, and tell
the user what is wrong wherever possible.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
---
v1->v2: none

 net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index f3eadea101e1..bc93f709d354 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -1663,11 +1663,15 @@ static int taprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	list_add(&q->taprio_list, &taprio_list);
 	spin_unlock(&taprio_list_lock);
 
-	if (sch->parent != TC_H_ROOT)
+	if (sch->parent != TC_H_ROOT) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can only be attached as root qdisc");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
-	if (!netif_is_multiqueue(dev))
+	if (!netif_is_multiqueue(dev)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Multi-queue device is required");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	/* pre-allocate qdisc, attachment can't fail */
 	q->qdiscs = kcalloc(dev->num_tx_queues,
-- 
2.34.1