Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] vxlan: refactor verification and application of configuration

[Matthias Schiffer]

On 06/23/2017 12:23 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-06-23 at 12:13 +0200, Matthias Schiffer wrote:
>>
>> I was told the extended netlink error facilities were not ready yet,
>> has that changed since the last release?
> 
> Yes, the facility is in the kernel tree now.
> 
>> Anyways, I will gladly work on improving the error handling if
>> someone can give me a pointer how these extended netlink errors are
>> used.
> 
> Just grep for 'netlink_ext_ack' :)
> 
> johannes
> 

Thanks for the hint.

It seems though that rtnl_link_ops.newlink/changelink don't allow passing
the extack yet... how do we proceed here? Treewide change (maybe by someone
who knows their Coccinelle-fu?), or would the introduction of new versions
of the newlink and changelink fields be more acceptable, so drivers can be
moved to the new API one by one?

Matthias

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