Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] Pass extack to NETDEV_PRE_UP

2018-12-06 Thread David Miller
From: Petr Machata Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 17:05:35 + > Drivers may need to validate configuration of a device that's about to > be upped. An example is mlxsw, which needs to check the configuration of > a VXLAN device attached to an offloaded bridge. Should the validation > fail, there's curre

[PATCH net-next v2 0/8] Pass extack to NETDEV_PRE_UP

2018-12-06 Thread Petr Machata
Drivers may need to validate configuration of a device that's about to be upped. An example is mlxsw, which needs to check the configuration of a VXLAN device attached to an offloaded bridge. Should the validation fail, there's currently no way to communicate details of the failure to the user, bey