Add a NL_ERR_MSG in case of creating a radio by a netlink message to give
clear output to the creating process instead of creating only a debug
message in kernel log. The same function is used for the creation while
module load, so keep the old message, although it should never be thrown
while load, because the module controls all mac addresses.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Beichler <benjamin.beichler@uni-rostock.de>
[remove message, add missing braces]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
err = rhashtable_insert_fast(&hwsim_radios_rht, &data->rht,
hwsim_rht_params);
if (err < 0) {
- pr_debug("mac80211_hwsim: radio index %d already present\n",
- idx);
+ if (info) {
+ GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "perm addr already present");
+ NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(info->extack,
+ info->attrs[HWSIM_ATTR_PERM_ADDR]);
+ }
spin_unlock_bh(&hwsim_radio_lock);
goto failed_final_insert;
}