Re: [PATCH net-next 1/8] net: core: dev: Add extack argument to dev_open()

2018-12-05 Thread David Ahern
On 12/5/18 3:51 AM, Petr Machata wrote: > In order to pass extack together with NETDEV_PRE_UP notifications, it's > necessary to route the extack to __dev_open() from diverse (possibly > indirect) callers. One prominent API through which the notification is > invoked is dev_open(). > > Therefore e

[PATCH net-next 1/8] net: core: dev: Add extack argument to dev_open()

2018-12-05 Thread Petr Machata
In order to pass extack together with NETDEV_PRE_UP notifications, it's necessary to route the extack to __dev_open() from diverse (possibly indirect) callers. One prominent API through which the notification is invoked is dev_open(). Therefore extend dev_open() with and extra extack argument and