netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: fix an extack message in tcf_block

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:36:12 +0300
From:   Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net_sched: fix an extack message in tcf_block_find()

On Thu 27 Sep 2018 at 20:42, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> It is clearly a copy-n-paste.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/sched/cls_api.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> index 3de47e99b788..8dd7f8af6d54 100644
> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static struct tcf_block *tcf_block_find(struct net *net, struct Qdisc **q,
>  
>  		*q = qdisc_refcount_inc_nz(*q);
>  		if (!*q) {
> -			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Parent Qdisc doesn't exists");
> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Can't increase Qdisc refcount");
>  			err = -EINVAL;
>  			goto errout_rcu;
>  		}

Is there a benefit in exposing this info to user?
For all intents and purposes Qdisc is gone at that point.