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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst index 94337f79e077..8f1220756412 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/intro.rst @@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ compatibility this feature has to be explicitly enabled by setting the ``NETLINK_EXT_ACK`` setsockopt() to ``1``. Types of extended ack attributes are defined in enum nlmsgerr_attrs. -The two most commonly used attributes are ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG`` -and ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS``. +The most commonly used attributes are ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG``, +``NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS`` and ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_*``. ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG`` carries a message in English describing the encountered problem. These messages are far more detailed @@ -368,6 +368,9 @@ than what can be expressed thru standard UNIX error codes. ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS`` points to the attribute which caused the problem. +``NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_TYPE`` and ``NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_NEST`` +inform about a missing attribute. + Extended ACKs can be reported on errors as well as in case of success. The latter should be treated as a warning. |