netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/5] net/netlink: Pass extack to dump callbacks

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:43:21 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, jbenc@...hat.com,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/5] net/netlink: Pass extack to dump
 callbacks

On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 08:44:58AM -0700, dsahern@...nel.org wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> Pass extack to dump callbacks by adding extack to netlink_dump_control
> and transferring to netlink_callback. Update rtnetlink as the first
> user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

I like the idea of passing down extack.

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>

> ---
>  include/linux/netlink.h  | 2 ++
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c     | 1 +
>  net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
> index 71f121b66ca8..8fc90308a653 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netlink.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
> @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ struct netlink_callback {
>  	void			*data;
>  	/* the module that dump function belong to */
>  	struct module		*module;
> +	struct netlink_ext_ack	*extack;
>  	u16			family;
>  	u16			min_dump_alloc;
>  	unsigned int		prev_seq, seq;
> @@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ struct netlink_dump_control {
>  	int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *);
>  	void *data;
>  	struct module *module;
> +	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack;
>  	u16 min_dump_alloc;
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index 35162e1b06ad..da91b38297d3 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -4689,6 +4689,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>  				.dump		= dumpit,
>  				.min_dump_alloc	= min_dump_alloc,
>  				.module		= owner,
> +				.extack		= extack
>  			};
>  			err = netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh, &c);
>  			/* netlink_dump_start() will keep a reference on
> diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> index e3a0538ec0be..7d9e735b32c4 100644
> --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> @@ -2307,6 +2307,7 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	cb->module = control->module;
>  	cb->min_dump_alloc = control->min_dump_alloc;
>  	cb->skb = skb;
> +	cb->extack = control->extack;
>  
>  	if (control->start) {
>  		ret = control->start(cb);
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>