Hi,
Jakub Kicinski <kubak...@wp.pl> writes:
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:08:26 -0800, Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote:
>> >> +static int igb_parse_cls_flower(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
>> >> + struct tc_cls_flower_offload *f,
>> >> + int traffic_class,
>> >> + struct igb_nfc_filter *input)
>> >> +{
>> >> + if (f->dissector->used_keys &
>> >> + ~(BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_BASIC) |
>> >> + BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_CONTROL) |
>> >> + BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS) |
>> >> + BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_VLAN))) {
>> >> + dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Unsupported key used: 0x%x\n",
>> >> + f->dissector->used_keys);
>> >
>> > This will probably trigger for opportunistic offload (non-skip_sw) and
>> > confuse users.
>>
>> I see your point. I will change to 'dev_warn()', it should not surprise
>> users too much, right?
>
> Yes, I think that would be fine, other drivers are doing that already.
>
> IMHO best approach is to not print anything unless skip-sw is set. If
> you used netlink's extack capability exclusively it would "just work".
> Extack will only carry the error in case offload is requested. Could
> you consider using extack or do you have a preference to print into the
> logs? You could do both, too.
I will go with extack-only, but I had to tweak the message a little as
there's no support for format strings in extack.
>
> You can get to extack via f->common->extack.
Cheers,
--
Vinicius
