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[ethtool,2/2] netlink: Print and return an error when features weren't changed

Message ID 20200814131745.32215-3-maximmi@mellanox.com
State Changes Requested
Delegated to: Michal Kubecek
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Series ethtool-netlink compatibility fixes | expand

Commit Message

Maxim Mikityanskiy Aug. 14, 2020, 1:17 p.m. UTC
The legacy ethtool prints an error message and returns 1 if no features
were changed as requested. Port this behavior to ethtool-netlink.
req_mask is compared to wanted_mask to detect if any feature was
changed. If these masks are equal, it means that the kernel hasn't
changed anything, and all bits got to wanted.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@mellanox.com>
---
 netlink/features.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Michal Kubecek Aug. 23, 2020, 4:03 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 04:17:45PM +0300, Maxim Mikityanskiy wrote:
> The legacy ethtool prints an error message and returns 1 if no features
> were changed as requested. Port this behavior to ethtool-netlink.
> req_mask is compared to wanted_mask to detect if any feature was
> changed. If these masks are equal, it means that the kernel hasn't
> changed anything, and all bits got to wanted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  netlink/features.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/netlink/features.c b/netlink/features.c
> index 133529d..4f63fa2 100644
> --- a/netlink/features.c
> +++ b/netlink/features.c
[...]
> @@ -471,8 +480,10 @@ int sfeatures_reply_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlhdr, void *data)
>  		return MNL_CB_OK;
>  	}
>  
> -	show_feature_changes(nlctx, tb);
> -	return MNL_CB_OK;
> +	if (show_feature_changes(nlctx, tb))
> +		return MNL_CB_OK;
> +	else
> +		return MNL_CB_ERROR;

I agree with the general change and the code aboved detecting the
condition but this kind of error is IMHO not so critical that it would
justify bailing out and completely ignoring the final NLMSG_ERROR with
kernel return code and possible extack (error/warning message).

I would rather suggest to set a flag (e.g. in sfctx) when "no requested
change performed" result is detected and leave displaying the error
message and setting the exit code after the whole message queue is
processed. What do you think?

Michal

>  }
>  
>  int nl_sfeatures(struct cmd_context *ctx)
> -- 
> 2.21.0
>
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diff --git a/netlink/features.c b/netlink/features.c
index 133529d..4f63fa2 100644
--- a/netlink/features.c
+++ b/netlink/features.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@  err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void show_feature_changes(struct nl_context *nlctx,
+static bool show_feature_changes(struct nl_context *nlctx,
 				 const struct nlattr *const *tb)
 {
 	struct sfeatures_context *sfctx = nlctx->cmd_private;
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@  static void show_feature_changes(struct nl_context *nlctx,
 	const uint32_t *wanted_val;
 	const uint32_t *active_val;
 	unsigned int count, words;
+	bool any_changed, diff;
 	unsigned int i;
-	bool diff;
 	int ret;
 
 	feature_names = global_stringset(ETH_SS_FEATURES, nlctx->ethnl_socket);
@@ -411,12 +411,20 @@  static void show_feature_changes(struct nl_context *nlctx,
 	if (!wanted_val || !wanted_mask || !active_val || !active_mask)
 		goto err;
 
+	any_changed = false;
 	diff = false;
-	for (i = 0; i < words; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < words; i++) {
+		if (wanted_mask[i] != sfctx->req_mask[i])
+			any_changed = true;
 		if (wanted_mask[i] || (active_mask[i] & ~sfctx->req_mask[i]))
 			diff = true;
+	}
+	if (!any_changed) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not change any device features\n");
+		nlctx->exit_code = 1;
+	}
 	if (!diff)
-		return;
+		return any_changed;
 
 	/* result is not exactly as requested, show differences */
 	printf("Actual changes:\n");
@@ -442,9 +450,10 @@  static void show_feature_changes(struct nl_context *nlctx,
 		fputc('\n', stdout);
 	}
 
-	return;
+	return any_changed;
 err:
 	fprintf(stderr, "malformed diff info from kernel\n");
+	return false;
 }
 
 int sfeatures_reply_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlhdr, void *data)
@@ -471,8 +480,10 @@  int sfeatures_reply_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlhdr, void *data)
 		return MNL_CB_OK;
 	}
 
-	show_feature_changes(nlctx, tb);
-	return MNL_CB_OK;
+	if (show_feature_changes(nlctx, tb))
+		return MNL_CB_OK;
+	else
+		return MNL_CB_ERROR;
 }
 
 int nl_sfeatures(struct cmd_context *ctx)