Re: [PATCH net 0/2] vxlan: fix error reporting

On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:03:11 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

On Fri,  2 Sep 2016 13:37:10 +0200
Jiri Benc [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

This patchset improves checking for invalid configuration in VXLAN and fixes
problems with duplicated and inappropriate error messages.

Jiri Benc (2):
  vxlan: reject multicast destination without an interface
  vxlan: fix duplicated and wrong error messages

 drivers/net/vxlan.c | 38 ++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

These should also be detected and rejected in iproute2
errors in kernel log are user unfriendly api.

I agree and I intend to send a patch once this is accepted.

 Jiri