From 7a3f4a185169b195c33f1c54f33a44eba2d6aa96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 23:55:59 +0200
Subject: net: add netlink_ext_ack argument to rtnl_link_ops.newlink

Add support for extended error reporting.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'net/core')

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9a1bd510c812..8b3faa00905f 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2705,7 +2705,8 @@ replay:
 		dev->ifindex = ifm->ifi_index;
 
 		if (ops->newlink) {
-			err = ops->newlink(link_net ? : net, dev, tb, data);
+			err = ops->newlink(link_net ? : net, dev, tb, data,
+					   extack);
 			/* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
 			 * and unregister it on failure after registration
 			 * so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
-- 
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