net: plumb extack in __dev_change_net_namespace()

It could be hard to understand why the netlink command fails. For example,
if dev->netns_immutable is set, the error is "Invalid argument".

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Nicolas Dichtel
2025-02-28 11:20:58 +01:00
committed by Paolo Abeni
parent 4754affe0b
commit 12b6f7069b
3 changed files with 38 additions and 12 deletions

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@@ -12131,6 +12131,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdev);
* is already taken in the destination network namespace.
* @new_ifindex: If not zero, specifies device index in the target
* namespace.
* @extack: netlink extended ack
*
* This function shuts down a device interface and moves it
* to a new network namespace. On success 0 is returned, on
@@ -12140,7 +12141,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdev);
*/
int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
const char *pat, int new_ifindex)
const char *pat, int new_ifindex,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct netdev_name_node *name_node;
struct net *net_old = dev_net(dev);
@@ -12151,12 +12153,16 @@ int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
/* Don't allow namespace local devices to be moved. */
err = -EINVAL;
if (dev->netns_immutable)
if (dev->netns_immutable) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "The interface netns is immutable");
goto out;
}
/* Ensure the device has been registered */
if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "The interface isn't registered");
goto out;
}
/* Get out if there is nothing todo */
err = 0;
@@ -12169,30 +12175,49 @@ int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
err = -EEXIST;
if (netdev_name_in_use(net, dev->name)) {
/* We get here if we can't use the current device name */
if (!pat)
if (!pat) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
"An interface with the same name exists in the target netns");
goto out;
}
err = dev_prep_valid_name(net, dev, pat, new_name, EEXIST);
if (err < 0)
if (err < 0) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(extack,
"Unable to use '%s' for the new interface name in the target netns",
pat);
goto out;
}
}
/* Check that none of the altnames conflicts. */
err = -EEXIST;
netdev_for_each_altname(dev, name_node)
if (netdev_name_in_use(net, name_node->name))
netdev_for_each_altname(dev, name_node) {
if (netdev_name_in_use(net, name_node->name)) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(extack,
"An interface with the altname %s exists in the target netns",
name_node->name);
goto out;
}
}
/* Check that new_ifindex isn't used yet. */
if (new_ifindex) {
err = dev_index_reserve(net, new_ifindex);
if (err < 0)
if (err < 0) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(extack,
"The ifindex %d is not available in the target netns",
new_ifindex);
goto out;
}
} else {
/* If there is an ifindex conflict assign a new one */
err = dev_index_reserve(net, dev->ifindex);
if (err == -EBUSY)
err = dev_index_reserve(net, 0);
if (err < 0)
if (err < 0) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
"Unable to allocate a new ifindex in the target netns");
goto out;
}
new_ifindex = err;
}