net: add netlink_ext_ack argument to rtnl_link_ops.newlink

Add support for extended error reporting.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Matthias Schiffer
2017-06-25 23:55:59 +02:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent dacdbb4dfc
commit 7a3f4a1851
32 changed files with 68 additions and 40 deletions

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@@ -2705,7 +2705,8 @@ replay:
dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
if (ops->newlink) {
err = ops->newlink(link_net ? : net, dev, tb, data);
err = ops->newlink(link_net ? : net, dev, tb, data,
extack);
/* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
* and unregister it on failure after registration
* so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock.