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authorBenjamin Beichler <benjamin.beichler@uni-rostock.de>2018-01-22 18:04:36 +0100
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2018-01-31 12:46:39 +0100
commit301b04040c3ea2512b8936f419efbbaef2645ccb (patch)
treea4eb8e44957bf26ccc96164fa2f1459f03f8920d
parentcb1a5bae568450b96c6828f235589cb42ce1dc81 (diff)
downloadlinux-301b04040c3ea2512b8936f419efbbaef2645ccb.tar.bz2
mac80211_hwsim: add nl_err_msg in hwsim_new_radio in netlink case
Add a NL_ERR_MSG in case of creating a radio by a netlink message to give clear output to the creating process instead of creating only a debug message in kernel log. The same function is used for the creation while module load, so keep the old message, although it should never be thrown while load, because the module controls all mac addresses. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Beichler <benjamin.beichler@uni-rostock.de> [remove message, add missing braces] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 12b727ba9dec..6996dad24e71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -2797,8 +2797,11 @@ static int mac80211_hwsim_new_radio(struct genl_info *info,
err = rhashtable_insert_fast(&hwsim_radios_rht, &data->rht,
hwsim_rht_params);
if (err < 0) {
- pr_debug("mac80211_hwsim: radio index %d already present\n",
- idx);
+ if (info) {
+ GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "perm addr already present");
+ NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(info->extack,
+ info->attrs[HWSIM_ATTR_PERM_ADDR]);
+ }
spin_unlock_bh(&hwsim_radio_lock);
goto failed_final_insert;
}