Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] vdpa: fix improper error message when adding vdpa dev

[Eli Cohen <elic@nvidia.com>]

On 01/02/2023 1:22, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
> In below example, before the fix, mtu attribute is supported
> by the parent mgmtdev, but the error message showing "All
> provided are not supported" is just misleading.
>
> $ vdpa mgmtdev show
> vdpasim_net:
>    supported_classes net
>    max_supported_vqs 3
>    dev_features MTU MAC CTRL_VQ CTRL_MAC_ADDR ANY_LAYOUT VERSION_1 ACCESS_PLATFORM
>
> $ vdpa dev add mgmtdev vdpasim_net name vdpasim0 mtu 5000 max_vqp 2
> Error: vdpa: All provided attributes are not supported.
> kernel answers: Operation not supported
>
> After fix, the relevant error message will be like:
>
> $ vdpa dev add mgmtdev vdpasim_net name vdpasim0 mtu 5000 max_vqp 2
> Error: vdpa: Some provided attributes are not supported: 0x1000.
> kernel answers: Operation not supported
Reviewed-by: Eli Cohen <elic@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu@oracle.com>
> ---
>   drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
> index 8ef7aa1..3a82ca78 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c
> @@ -622,9 +622,11 @@ static int vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *i
>   		err = PTR_ERR(mdev);
>   		goto err;
>   	}
> +
>   	if ((config.mask & mdev->config_attr_mask) != config.mask) {
> -		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack,
> -				   "All provided attributes are not supported");
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(info->extack,
> +				       "Some provided attributes are not supported: 0x%llx",
> +				       config.mask & ~mdev->config_attr_mask);
>   		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>   		goto err;
>   	}