netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip6_gre: Reduce log level in ip6gre

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:29:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	matt.bennett@...iedtelesis.co.nz
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip6_gre: Reduce log level in ip6gre_err() to debug

From: Matt Bennett <matt.bennett@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:58:31 +1200

> Currently error log messages in ip6gre_err are printed at 'warn'
> level. This is different to most other tunnel types which don't
> print any messages. These log messages don't provide any information
> that couldn't be deduced with networking tools. Also it can be annoying
> to have one end of the tunnel go down and have the logs fill with
> pointless messages such as "Path to destination invalid or inactive!".
> 
> This patch reduces the log level of these messages to 'dbg' level to
> bring the visible behaviour into line with other tunnel types.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Bennett <matt.bennett@...iedtelesis.co.nz>

Applied.

net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c, which is probably where this code was mostly
copy and pasted from, has the same issue.  Could you please take
care of that too?

Thanks.
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