Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/22] ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 02:07:35PM +0100, Michal Kubecek wrote:
> +static int __init ethnl_init(void)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = genl_register_family(&ethtool_genl_family);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		panic("ethtool: could not register genetlink family\n");

Hi Michal

Panic seems a bit strong. Do we really want to kill the box because
this fails?

     Andrew