linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Use NL_SET_ERR_MSG instead of netdev

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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:06:19 -0400
From: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...ux.dev>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@....com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Use NL_SET_ERR_MSG
 instead of netdev_err

On 6/10/24 19:49, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 07:10:20PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> This error message can be triggered by userspace. Use NL_SET_ERR_MSG so
>> the message is returned to the user and to avoid polluting the kernel
>> logs.
> 
> This has nothing to do with statistics. So it would be better to post
> it as a standalone patch. It is the sort of trivial patch that should
> get merged quickly.

I included it in the series since patch 3 touches lines near it. But
upon reviewing that patch, it seems that these lines are not in that
patch's context. So I will resumbit this separately.

> I would also comment about the change from EFAULT to EBUSY in the
> commit message.

OK.

--Sean