/* already in-use? */
if (netdev_is_rx_handler_busy(slave_dev)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device is in use and cannot be enslaved");
netdev_err(bond_dev,
"Error: Device is in use and cannot be enslaved\n");
return -EBUSY;
}
if (bond_dev == slave_dev) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Cannot enslave bond to itself.");
netdev_err(bond_dev, "cannot enslave bond to itself.\n");
return -EPERM;
}
netdev_dbg(bond_dev, "%s is NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED\n",
slave_dev->name);
if (vlan_uses_dev(bond_dev)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Can not enslave VLAN challenged device to VLAN enabled bond");
netdev_err(bond_dev, "Error: cannot enslave VLAN challenged slave %s on VLAN enabled bond %s\n",
slave_dev->name, bond_dev->name);
return -EPERM;
* enslaving it; the old ifenslave will not.
*/
if (slave_dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device can not be enslaved while up");
netdev_err(bond_dev, "%s is up - this may be due to an out of date ifenslave\n",
slave_dev->name);
return -EPERM;
bond_dev);
}
} else if (bond_dev->type != slave_dev->type) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device type is different from other slaves");
netdev_err(bond_dev, "%s ether type (%d) is different from other slaves (%d), can not enslave it\n",
slave_dev->name, slave_dev->type, bond_dev->type);
return -EINVAL;
if (slave_dev->type == ARPHRD_INFINIBAND &&
BOND_MODE(bond) != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Only active-backup mode is supported for infiniband slaves");
netdev_warn(bond_dev, "Type (%d) supports only active-backup mode\n",
slave_dev->type);
res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
bond->params.fail_over_mac = BOND_FOM_ACTIVE;
netdev_warn(bond_dev, "Setting fail_over_mac to active for active-backup mode\n");
} else {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Slave device does not support setting the MAC address, but fail_over_mac is not set to active");
netdev_err(bond_dev, "The slave device specified does not support setting the MAC address, but fail_over_mac is not set to active\n");
res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto err_undo_flags;