netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] vxlan: fix error reporting

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Date:   Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:03:11 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] vxlan: fix error reporting

On Fri,  2 Sep 2016 13:37:10 +0200
Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:

> This patchset improves checking for invalid configuration in VXLAN and fixes
> problems with duplicated and inappropriate error messages.
> 
> Jiri Benc (2):
>   vxlan: reject multicast destination without an interface
>   vxlan: fix duplicated and wrong error messages
> 
>  drivers/net/vxlan.c | 38 ++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 

These should also be detected and rejected in iproute2
errors in kernel log are user unfriendly api.