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  2. RHEL-3923

Missing extack in case of failure adding or removing an IPv6 address

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      Description of problem:

      These functions:

      inet6_addr_add()
      ipv6_add_addr()
      inet6_addr_del()

      don't set the extack in case of failure. In some situations, the extack would be useful for users to understand the problem without having to read kernel code.

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
      any version (tested on 6.2)

      Actual results:

      1. ip addr add dev enp1s0 fd01::1/60 mngtmpaddr
        RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
      1. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/enp7s0/disable_ipv6
      2. ip addr add dev enp7s0 fd01::1
        RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied
      1. ip addr del dev enp1s0 fd01::1234/64
        RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address

      Expected results:
      Something like:

      1. ip addr add dev enp1s0 fd01::1/60 mngtmpaddr
        Error: ipv6: addresses with mngtmpaddr flag must have prefix length 64
      1. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/enp7s0/disable_ipv6
      2. ip addr add dev enp7s0 fd01::1
        Error: ipv6: IPv6 is disabled on the interface
      1. ip addr del dev enp1s0 fd01::1234/64
        Error: ipv6: address not found

              haliu@redhat.com Hangbin Liu
              bgalvani@redhat.com Beniamino Galvani
              Jianlin Shi Jianlin Shi
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