From 1b3f78df6a80932d7deb0155d8b0871e8d3e4bca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Tenart Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:08:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c index 04158a8..b0966e73 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; } -- 2.7.4