On 9/12/22 11:16 AM, Andrea Mayer wrote: > An SRv6 behavior instance can be set up using mandatory and/or optional > attributes. > In the setup phase, each supplied attribute is parsed and processed. If > the parsing operation fails, the creation of the behavior instance stops > and an error number/code is reported to the user. In many cases, it is > challenging for the user to figure out exactly what happened by relying > only on the error code. > > For this reason, we add the support for netlink_ext_ack in parsing SRv6 > behavior attributes. In this way, when an SRv6 behavior attribute is > parsed and an error occurs, the kernel can send a message to the > userspace describing the error through a meaningful text message in > addition to the classic error code. > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
