netdev - [PATCH net-next] net/ipv4: Add extack message that dev is required for ONLINK

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Message-Id: <20180829235327.18307-1-dsahern@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:53:27 -0700
From:   dsahern@...nel.org
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net/ipv4: Add extack message that dev is required for ONLINK

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Make IPv4 consistent with IPv6 and return an extack message that the
ONLINK flag requires a nexthop device.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index f3c89ccf14c5..bee8db979195 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -797,8 +797,10 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 			dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, nh->nh_oif);
-			if (!dev)
+			if (!dev) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop device required for onlink");
 				return -ENODEV;
+			}
 			if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
 				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 					       "Nexthop device is not up");
-- 
2.11.0