Re: [PATCH net-next] netlink: provide an ability to set default extack message

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On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:44:57 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 02:37:23PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > I would somewhat prefer not doing this, and instead introducing a new
> > > NL_SET_ERR_MSG_WEAK() of sorts.  
> > 
> > That'd be my preference too, FWIW. It's only the offload cases which
> > need this sort of fallback.
> > 
> > BTW Vladimir, I remember us discussing this. I was searching the
> > archive as you sent this, but can't find the thread. Mostly curious
> > whether I flip flipped on this or I'm not completely useless :)  
> 
> What we discussed was on a patch of mine fixing "if (!extack->_msg)" to
> "if (extack && !extack->_msg)". I never proposed a new macro wrapper
> (you did), but I didn't do it at the time because it was a patch for
> "net", and I forgot to put a reminder for the next net->net-next merge.
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220822182523.6821e176@xxxxxxxxxx/
> And from there, out of sight, out of mind.

That explains it, I was running blame the message lines, not the if ().
Thanks for digging it up!



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