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authorAntoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>2021-08-16 12:08:28 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-08-16 14:03:30 +0100
commit1b3f78df6a80932d7deb0155d8b0871e8d3e4bca (patch)
tree5b284bbeaeb93b50ed34b03ee46103d3f96eb48f /drivers/net/bonding
parentab6361382fc1cd57e2d06a1ee29bf7b8e98ca257 (diff)
downloadlinux-next-1b3f78df6a80932d7deb0155d8b0871e8d3e4bca.tar.gz
bonding: improve nl error msg when device can't be enslaved because of IFF_MASTER
Use a more user friendly netlink error message when a device can't be enslaved because it has IFF_MASTER, by not referring directly to a kernel internal flag. Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/bonding')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 04158a8368e4..b0966e733926 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
if (slave_dev->flags & IFF_MASTER &&
!netif_is_bond_master(slave_dev)) {
BOND_NL_ERR(bond_dev, extack,
- "Device with IFF_MASTER cannot be enslaved");
+ "Device type (master device) cannot be enslaved");
return -EPERM;
}