Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix wrong extack attribute in ARP validate netlink error path

From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 07:24:38 EST


On 8/6/26 5:29 AM, Hangbin Liu wrote:
From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>

The attribute of netlink error message should be IFLA_BOND_ARP_VALIDATE
when ARP validation setting fails.

Fixes: 2bff369b2354 ("bonding: netlink error message support for options")
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!

drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 4a11572f663d..7dc31b2551c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int bond_changelink(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
int arp_validate = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_VALIDATE]);
if (arp_validate && miimon) {
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL],
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_VALIDATE],
"ARP validating cannot be used with MII monitoring");
return -EINVAL;
}

---
base-commit: 2a33516f9ef59ad11844d4fc152f889449b5daf3
change-id: 20260806-bond_arp_validate-359289656609

Best regards,