Subject: [PATCH ipsec-next v6 09/14] xfrm: add error messages to state migration

From: Antony Antony <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 19:46:46 +0100

Add descriptive(extack) error messages for all error paths
in state migration. This improves diagnostics by
providing clear feedback when migration fails.

After xfrm_init_state() use NL_SET_ERR_MSG_WEAK() as fallback for
error paths not yet propagating extack e.g. mode_cbs->init_state()

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Antony Antony <[email-masked]>
-
v5->v6: - in case dev_state_add() extack already set
	- after xfrm_init_state() use NL_SET_ERR_MSG_WEAK() as fallback
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dd1d5[email-masked] [v5]
v4->v5: - added this patch
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 85a5567af5b33fc70c48a7205b334b2ab3c0ab81..96f700dedb7ede063ea6a7951be5b05cd14451b4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -2130,11 +2130,15 @@ struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_migrate_create(struct xfrm_state *x,
 	struct xfrm_state *xc;
 
 	xc = xfrm_state_clone_and_setup(x, encap, m);
-	if (!xc)
+	if (!xc) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Failed to clone and setup state");
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
-	if (xfrm_init_state(xc, extack) < 0)
+	if (xfrm_init_state(xc, extack) < 0) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_WEAK(extack, "Failed to initialize migrated state");
 		goto error;
+	}
 
 	/* configure the hardware if offload is requested */
 	if (xuo && xfrm_dev_state_add(net, xc, xuo, extack))
@@ -2163,6 +2167,7 @@ int xfrm_state_migrate_install(const struct xfrm_state *x,
 		xfrm_state_insert(xc);
 	} else {
 		if (xfrm_state_add(xc) < 0) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Failed to add migrated state");
 			if (xuo)
 				xfrm_dev_state_delete(xc);
 			xc->km.state = XFRM_STATE_DEAD;

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