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* [PATCH net-next] bonding: improve nl error msg when device can't be enslaved because of IFF_MASTER
@ 2021-08-16 10:08 Antoine Tenart
  2021-08-16 13:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Antoine Tenart @ 2021-08-16 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem, kuba; +Cc: Antoine Tenart, j.vosburgh, vfalico, andy, netdev

Use a more user friendly netlink error message when a device can't be
enslaved because it has IFF_MASTER, by not referring directly to a
kernel internal flag.

Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 04158a8368e4..b0966e733926 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 	if (slave_dev->flags & IFF_MASTER &&
 	    !netif_is_bond_master(slave_dev)) {
 		BOND_NL_ERR(bond_dev, extack,
-			    "Device with IFF_MASTER cannot be enslaved");
+			    "Device type (master device) cannot be enslaved");
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-- 
2.31.1


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