geneve: use netlink_ext_ack for error reporting in rtnl operations
Add extack error messages for failure paths while creating/modifying geneve devices. Once extack support is added to iproute2, more meaningful and helpful error messages will be displayed making it easy for users to discern what went wrong. Before: ======= $ ip link add gen1 address 0:1:2:3:4:5:6 type geneve id 200 \ remote 192.168.13.2 RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument After: ====== $ ip link add gen1 address 0:1:2:3:4:5:6 type geneve id 200 \ remote 192.168.13.2 Error: Provided link layer address is not Ethernet Also, netdev_dbg() calls used to log errors associated with Netlink request have been removed. Signed-off-by: Girish Moodalbail <girish.moodalbail@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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