@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ void qdisc_destroy(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *qdisc, unsigned int n,
unsigned int len);
struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
- const struct Qdisc_ops *ops);
+ const struct Qdisc_ops *ops,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
struct Qdisc *qdisc_create_dflt(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
const struct Qdisc_ops *ops, u32 parentid);
void __qdisc_calculate_pkt_len(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static struct Qdisc *qdisc_create(struct net_device *dev,
goto err_out;
}
- sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops);
+ sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops, extack);
if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
err = PTR_ERR(sch);
goto err_out2;
@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ static struct lock_class_key qdisc_tx_busylock;
static struct lock_class_key qdisc_running_key;
struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
- const struct Qdisc_ops *ops)
+ const struct Qdisc_ops *ops,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
void *p;
struct Qdisc *sch;
@@ -758,6 +759,7 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
struct net_device *dev;
if (!dev_queue) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "No device queue given");
err = -EINVAL;
goto errout;
}
@@ -829,7 +831,7 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_create_dflt(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
if (!try_module_get(ops->owner))
return NULL;
- sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops);
+ sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
module_put(ops->owner);
return NULL;
This patch adds extack support for the function qdisc_alloc which is a common used function in the tc subsystem. Callers which are interested in the receiving error can assign extack to get a more detailed information why qdisc_alloc failed. Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aring@mojatatu.com> --- include/net/sch_generic.h | 3 ++- net/sched/sch_api.c | 2 +- net/sched/sch_generic.c | 6 ++++-- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)