Stop contributing to the proverbial user unfriendliness of tc, and tell
the user what is wrong wherever possible.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <[email protected]>
---
v1->v2: none
net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index f3eadea101e1..bc93f709d354 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -1663,11 +1663,15 @@ static int taprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
list_add(&q->taprio_list, &taprio_list);
spin_unlock(&taprio_list_lock);
- if (sch->parent != TC_H_ROOT)
+ if (sch->parent != TC_H_ROOT) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can only be attached as root qdisc");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
- if (!netif_is_multiqueue(dev))
+ if (!netif_is_multiqueue(dev)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Multi-queue device is required");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
/* pre-allocate qdisc, attachment can't fail */
q->qdiscs = kcalloc(dev->num_tx_queues,
--
2.34.1