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udp_tunnel: use netdev_warn() instead of netdev_WARN()
authorAlok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:50:26 +0000 (12:50 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:09:48 +0000 (19:09 -0700)
commitdc2f650f7e6857bf384069c1a56b2937a1ee370d
tree2e6c5342310e7f4092a1334364976d1be79feb61
parent999337afa51d9bd7941f6ace24923ba64690380f
udp_tunnel: use netdev_warn() instead of netdev_WARN()

netdev_WARN() uses WARN/WARN_ON to print a backtrace along with
file and line information. In this case, udp_tunnel_nic_register()
returning an error is just a failed operation, not a kernel bug.

udp_tunnel_nic_register() can fail due to a memory allocation
failure (kzalloc() or udp_tunnel_nic_alloc()).
This is a normal runtime error and not a kernel bug.

Replace netdev_WARN() with netdev_warn() accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250910195031.3784748-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_nic.c