Re: [PATCH v4] net: ipv6: seg6: report lwtunnel setup errors via extack

[Gabriel Goller]

On 05.10.2026 14:18, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon,  5 Oct 2026 16:06:34 +0200 Gabriel Goller wrote:
> > seg6_build_state() rejected invalid configurations with a generic -EINVAL,
> > so "ip route add ... encap seg6 ..." always reported "Invalid argument".
> > 
> > Attach an extack message to each of them. The checks themselves and their
> > return values are unchanged.
> 
> Why not use _MISS were appropriate?
> 
> https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/20261005140637.644840-1-g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx

Makes sense.
This will make the output less user-friendly than before, but I think that's fine.

E.g.:

	Missing required attribute type 1
	RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

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