[PATCH net-next 1/2] net: ipv6: seg6: report lwtunnel setup errors via extack

From
Gabriel Goller <hidden>
Date
2026-09-18 15:35:54
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Gabriel Goller, 2026-09-18
seg6_build_state() rejected invalid configurations with a generic
-EINVAL, so "ip route add ... encap seg6 ..." always reported "Invalid
argument".

Attach an extack message to each of them. The checks themselves and
their return values are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <redacted>
---
 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index 61c6a27bf202..e7f75970e26e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -756,8 +756,12 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	struct seg6_lwt *slwt;
 	int err;
 
-	if (family != AF_INET && family != AF_INET6)
+	if (family != AF_INET && family != AF_INET6) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(
+			extack,
+			"unsupported address family for SRv6 encapsulation");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, SEG6_IPTUNNEL_MAX, nla,
 					  seg6_iptunnel_policy, extack);
@@ -765,8 +769,10 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (!tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH])
+	if (!tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH]) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "missing SRv6 SRH attribute");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	tuninfo = nla_data(tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH]);
 	tuninfo_len = nla_len(tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH]);
@@ -776,13 +782,18 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	 */
 	min_size = sizeof(*tuninfo) + sizeof(struct ipv6_sr_hdr) +
 		   sizeof(struct in6_addr);
-	if (tuninfo_len < min_size)
+	if (tuninfo_len < min_size) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "truncated SRv6 SRH attribute");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	switch (tuninfo->mode) {
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_INLINE:
-		if (family != AF_INET6)
+		if (family != AF_INET6) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+				       "inline mode requires an IPv6 route");
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		if (tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRC]) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "incompatible mode for tunsrc");
@@ -798,12 +809,16 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP_RED:
 		break;
 	default:
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "invalid SRv6 encapsulation mode");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* verify that SRH is consistent */
-	if (!seg6_validate_srh(tuninfo->srh, tuninfo_len - sizeof(*tuninfo), false))
+	if (!seg6_validate_srh(tuninfo->srh, tuninfo_len - sizeof(*tuninfo),
+			       false)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "invalid SRv6 segment routing header");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	newts = lwtunnel_state_alloc(tuninfo_len + sizeof(*slwt));
 	if (!newts)
-- 
2.47.3

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