net: dev: Add extack argument to dev_set_mac_address()
A follow-up patch will add a notifier type NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, which
allows vetoing of MAC address changes. One prominent path to that
notification is through dev_set_mac_address(). Therefore give this
function an extack argument, so that it can be packed together with the
notification. Thus a textual reason for rejection (or a warning) can be
communicated back to the user.
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 3b6e551..f8bdb8ad 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
sa->sa_family = dev->type;
memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
dev->addr_len);
- err = dev_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
+ err = dev_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
kfree(sa);
if (err)
goto errout;