Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Use NL_SET_ERR_MSG instead of netdev_err

From: Sean Anderson
Date: Tue Jun 11 2024 - 11:08:11 EST


On 6/10/24 19:49, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 07:10:20PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> This error message can be triggered by userspace. Use NL_SET_ERR_MSG so
>> the message is returned to the user and to avoid polluting the kernel
>> logs.
>
> This has nothing to do with statistics. So it would be better to post
> it as a standalone patch. It is the sort of trivial patch that should
> get merged quickly.

I included it in the series since patch 3 touches lines near it. But
upon reviewing that patch, it seems that these lines are not in that
patch's context. So I will resumbit this separately.

> I would also comment about the change from EFAULT to EBUSY in the
> commit message.

OK.

--Sean