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* [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 0/3] netlink: formatted extacks
@ 2022-10-13  9:22 edward.cree
  2022-10-13  9:23 ` [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] netlink: add support for formatted extack messages edward.cree
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From: edward.cree @ 2022-10-13  9:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev, linux-net-drivers
  Cc: davem, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, habetsm.xilinx, johannes,
	marcelo.leitner, Edward Cree

From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>

Currently, netlink extacks can only carry fixed string messages, which
 is limiting when reporting failures in complex systems.  This series
 adds the ability to return printf-formatted messages, and uses it in
 the sfc driver's TC offload code.
Formatted extack messages are limited in length to a fixed buffer size,
 currently 80 characters.  If the message exceeds this, the full message
 will be logged (ratelimited) to the console and a truncated version
 returned over netlink.
There is no change to the netlink uAPI; only internal kernel changes
 are needed.

Changed in v2:
* fixed null-checking of extack (with break; as suggested by kuba)
* added logging of full string on truncation (Johannes)

Edward Cree (3):
  netlink: add support for formatted extack messages
  sfc: use formatted extacks instead of efx_tc_err()
  sfc: remove 'log-tc-errors' ethtool private flag

 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_ethtool.c  |  2 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ethtool_common.c | 37 ------------------
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ethtool_common.h |  2 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mae.c            |  5 +--
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h     |  2 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc.c             | 47 ++++++++++-------------
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc.h             | 18 ---------
 include/linux/netlink.h                   | 25 +++++++++++-
 8 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)


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2022-10-13  9:23 ` [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 1/3] netlink: add support for formatted extack messages edward.cree
2022-10-13 15:29   ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-10-13 16:16     ` Johannes Berg
2022-10-13 16:32       ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-10-17 12:04     ` Edward Cree
2022-10-17 18:40       ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-10-13  9:23 ` [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 2/3] sfc: use formatted extacks instead of efx_tc_err() edward.cree
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