netlink: Return extack message if attribute validation fails

Have one extack message for parsing and validating. Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
mariux64 · Jun 28, 2018 · 7861552 · 7861552
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commit 7861552
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diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ int nla_parse(struct nlattr **tb, int maxtype, const struct nlattr *head,
 			if (policy) {
 				err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy);
 				if (err < 0) {
-					if (extack)
-						extack->bad_attr = nla;
+					NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, nla,
+							    "Attribute failed policy validation");
 					goto errout;
 				}
 			}