netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: devlink: Remove overzealous WARN

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Date:   Sun, 16 Aug 2020 21:39:25 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        jiri@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: devlink: Remove overzealous WARN_ON with snapshots

On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 09:26:38PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> It is possible to trigger this WARN_ON from user space by triggering a
> devlink snapshot with an ID which already exists. We don't need both
> -EEXISTS being reported and spamming the kernel log.

Upps. Forgot the net-next in the subject line.

Jiri, should we backport this? I can rebase onto net?

      Andrew