On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:02:02 +0000
"Varlese, Marco" <marco.varl...@intel.com> wrote:
> An attempt to add invalid address to interface would print "???" string
> instead of the address family name.
>
> For example:
> $ ip address add 256.10.166.1/24 dev ens8
> Error: ??? prefix is expected rather than "256.10.166.1/24".
>
> $ ip neighbor add proxy 2001:db8::g dev ens8
> Error: ??? address is expected rather than "2001:db8::g".
>
> With this patch the output will look like:
> $ ip address add 256.10.166.1/24 dev ens8
> Error: inet prefix is expected rather than "256.10.166.1/24".
>
> $ ip neighbor add proxy 2001:db8::g dev ens8
> Error: inet6 address is expected rather than "2001:db8::g".
>
> Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Szczerbik <przemyslawx.szczer...@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Varlese <marco.varl...@intel.com>
> ---
> lib/utils.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
> index fa35f4d..4820de1 100644
> --- a/lib/utils.c
> +++ b/lib/utils.c
> @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ int get_addr(inet_prefix *dst, const char *arg, int
> family)
> {
> if (get_addr_1(dst, arg, family)) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s address is expected rather than
> \"%s\".\n",
> - family_name(family) ,arg);
> + family_name(dst->family), arg);
> exit(1);
> }
> return 0;
> @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ int get_prefix(inet_prefix *dst, char *arg, int family)
> }
> if (get_prefix_1(dst, arg, family)) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s prefix is expected rather than
> \"%s\".\n",
> - family_name(family) ,arg);
> + family_name(dst->family), arg);
> exit(1);
> }
> return 0;
Your patch was corrupted by your email client?
$ patch -p1
<~/Downloads/iproute2-v1-1-1-lib-utils-fix-get_addr-and-get_prefix-error-messages.patch
patching file lib/utils.c
patch: **** malformed patch at line 6: {
