Subject: [RFC] add extack errors for iptoken

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:49:02 -0700

Perhaps the following (NOT TESTED) kernel patch will show you how such error messages
could be added.

Note: requires trickling down the extack parameter, but that is a good thing because
other place like devconf could use it as well.

diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 4da61c950e93..479f60ef54c0 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ struct rtnl_af_ops {
 	int			(*validate_link_af)(const struct net_device *dev,
 						    const struct nlattr *attr);
 	int			(*set_link_af)(struct net_device *dev,
-					       const struct nlattr *attr);
-
+					       const struct nlattr *attr,
+					       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 	int			(*fill_stats_af)(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						 const struct net_device *dev);
 	size_t			(*get_stats_af_size)(const struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 1bdcb33fb561..3485b16a7ff3 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 			BUG_ON(!(af_ops = rtnl_af_lookup(nla_type(af))));
 
-			err = af_ops->set_link_af(dev, af);
+			err = af_ops->set_link_af(dev, af, extack);
 			if (err < 0) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				goto errout;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 75f67994fc85..2e35f68da40a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1978,7 +1978,8 @@ static int inet_validate_link_af(const struct net_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int inet_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla)
+static int inet_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla,
+			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev);
 	struct nlattr *a, *tb[IFLA_INET_MAX+1];
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 120073ffb666..b817086fbf42 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5672,7 +5672,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_link_af(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int inet6_set_iftoken(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *token)
+static int inet6_set_iftoken(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *token,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
 	struct net_device *dev = idev->dev;
@@ -5681,14 +5682,29 @@ static int inet6_set_iftoken(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *token)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	if (!token)
+	if (!token) {
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (dev->flags & (IFF_LOOPBACK | IFF_NOARP))
+	}
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device is loopback");
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!ipv6_accept_ra(idev))
+	}
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_NOARP) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device does not do discovery");
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (idev->cnf.rtr_solicits == 0)
+	}
+
+	if (!ipv6_accept_ra(idev)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device does accept route adverts");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (idev->cnf.rtr_solicits == 0) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device has disabled router solicitation");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
@@ -5796,7 +5812,8 @@ static int inet6_validate_link_af(const struct net_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int inet6_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla)
+static int inet6_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct inet6_dev *idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 	struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_INET6_MAX + 1];
@@ -5809,7 +5826,8 @@ static int inet6_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla)
 		BUG();
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_INET6_TOKEN]) {
-		err = inet6_set_iftoken(idev, nla_data(tb[IFLA_INET6_TOKEN]));
+		err = inet6_set_iftoken(idev, nla_data(tb[IFLA_INET6_TOKEN]),
+					extack);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}