Instead of printing error messages in the kernel log, let's use extack. When there is a netlink error returned that could be further specified with a string, use extack as well. Apply this logic to the very recent scan/beacon infrastructure. Fixes: 45755ce4bf46 ("ieee802154: Add support for user scanning requests") Fixes: 7ed3b259eca1 ("ieee802154: Add support for user beaconing requests") Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c index 64fa811e1f0b..d3b6e9e80941 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c @@ -1407,9 +1407,15 @@ static int nl802154_trigger_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) u8 type; int err; - /* Monitors are not allowed to perform scans */ - if (wpan_dev->iftype == NL802154_IFTYPE_MONITOR) + if (wpan_dev->iftype == NL802154_IFTYPE_MONITOR) { + NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "Monitors are not allowed to perform scans"); return -EPERM; + } + + if (!nla_get_u8(info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SCAN_TYPE])) { + NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "Malformed request, missing scan type"); + return -EINVAL; + } request = kzalloc(sizeof(*request), GFP_KERNEL); if (!request) @@ -1424,7 +1430,7 @@ static int nl802154_trigger_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) request->type = type; break; default: - pr_err("Unsupported scan type: %d\n", type); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(info->extack, "Unsupported scan type: %d", type); err = -EINVAL; goto free_request; } @@ -1576,12 +1582,13 @@ nl802154_send_beacons(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) struct cfg802154_beacon_request *request; int err; - /* Only coordinators can send beacons */ - if (wpan_dev->iftype != NL802154_IFTYPE_COORD) + if (wpan_dev->iftype != NL802154_IFTYPE_COORD) { + NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "Only coordinators can send beacons"); return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } if (wpan_dev->pan_id == cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_PANID_BROADCAST)) { - pr_err("Device is not part of any PAN\n"); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "Device is not part of any PAN"); return -EPERM; } -- 2.34.1