geneve: use netlink_ext_ack for error reporting in rtnl operations
Add extack error messages for failure paths while creating/modifying
geneve devices. Once extack support is added to iproute2, more
meaningful and helpful error messages will be displayed making it easy
for users to discern what went wrong.
Before:
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$ ip link add gen1 address 0:1:2:3:4:5:6 type geneve id 200 \
remote 192.168.13.2
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
After:
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$ ip link add gen1 address 0:1:2:3:4:5:6 type geneve id 200 \
remote 192.168.13.2
Error: Provided link layer address is not Ethernet
Also, netdev_dbg() calls used to log errors associated with Netlink
request have been removed.
Signed-off-by: Girish Moodalbail <girish.moodalbail@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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