netdev - [PATCH 1/7] net/9p: show error message if user 'msize' cannot be satisfied

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Date:   Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:24:24 +0200
From:   Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>
To:     v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
        Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>,
        Greg Kurz <groug@...d.org>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] net/9p: show error message if user 'msize' cannot be
 satisfied

If user supplied a large value with the 'msize' option, then
client would silently limit that 'msize' value to the maximum
value supported by transport. That's a bit confusing for users
of not having any indication why the preferred 'msize' value
could not be satisfied.

Reported-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>
---
 net/9p/client.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 213f12ed76cd..fa2afeaf1394 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -1044,8 +1044,14 @@ struct p9_client *p9_client_create(const char *dev_name, char *options)
 	if (err)
 		goto put_trans;
 
-	if (clnt->msize > clnt->trans_mod->maxsize)
+	if (clnt->msize > clnt->trans_mod->maxsize) {
 		clnt->msize = clnt->trans_mod->maxsize;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+			 "Limiting 'msize' to %d as this is the maximum "
+			 "supported by transport %s\n",
+			 clnt->msize, clnt->trans_mod->name
+		);
+	}
 
 	if (clnt->msize < 4096) {
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
-- 
2.20.1