Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] bonding: combine netlink and console error messages

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 20:27:01 -0700 Joe Perches wrote:
> > +#define BOND_NL_ERR(bond_dev, extack, errmsg) do {		\
> > +	if (extack)						\
> > +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, errmsg);			\
> > +	else							\
> > +		netdev_err(bond_dev, "Error: %s\n", errmsg);	\
> > +} while (0)
> > +
> > +#define SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack, errmsg) do {		\
> > +	if (extack)							\
> > +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, errmsg);				\
> > +	else								\
> > +		slave_err(bond_dev, slave_dev, "Error: %s\n", errmsg);	\
> > +} while (0)  
> 
> Ideally both of these would be static functions and not macros.

That may break our ability for NL_SET_ERR_MSG to place strings 
back in a static buffer, no?