netdev - [PATCHv2 net-next 11/15] net: sch: api: add extack support in qdisc

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Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:39:01 -0500
From:   Alexander Aring <aring@...atatu.com>
To:     jhs@...atatu.com
Cc:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...atatu.com,
        Alexander Aring <aring@...atatu.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCHv2 net-next 11/15] net: sch: api: add extack support in qdisc_alloc

This patch adds extack support for the function qdisc_alloc which is
a common used function in the tc subsystem. Callers which are interested
in the receiving error can assign extack to get a more detailed
information why qdisc_alloc failed.

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aring@...atatu.com>
---
 include/net/sch_generic.h | 3 ++-
 net/sched/sch_api.c       | 5 +++--
 net/sched/sch_generic.c   | 6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 2ea04863ea34..1dbfbec00050 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ void qdisc_destroy(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
 void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *qdisc, unsigned int n,
 			       unsigned int len);
 struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
-			  const struct Qdisc_ops *ops);
+			  const struct Qdisc_ops *ops,
+			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 struct Qdisc *qdisc_create_dflt(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 				const struct Qdisc_ops *ops, u32 parentid);
 void __qdisc_calculate_pkt_len(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 24b286d763b7..4c896330e2f0 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -1050,10 +1050,11 @@ static struct Qdisc *qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev,
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
-	sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops);
-	if (IS_ERR(sch))
+	sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops, extack);
+	if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(sch);
 		goto err_out2;
+	}
 
 	sch->parent = parent;
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 5cdafe88b902..01457b27d36e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ static struct lock_class_key qdisc_tx_busylock;
 static struct lock_class_key qdisc_running_key;
 
 struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
-			  const struct Qdisc_ops *ops)
+			  const struct Qdisc_ops *ops,
+			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	void *p;
 	struct Qdisc *sch;
@@ -758,6 +759,7 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
 	if (!dev_queue) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "No device queue given");
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto errout;
 	}
@@ -829,7 +831,7 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_create_dflt(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 	if (!try_module_get(ops->owner))
 		return NULL;
 
-	sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops);
+	sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
 		module_put(ops->owner);
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.11.0