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@@ -189,13 +189,25 @@ message signals an error and the payload contains an
.I nlmsgerr
structure,
.B NLMSG_DONE
-message terminates a multipart message.
+message terminates a multipart message. Error messages get the
+original request appened, unless the user requests to cap the
+error message, and get extra error data if requested.
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
struct nlmsgerr {
int error; /* Negative errno or 0 for acknowledgements */
struct nlmsghdr msg; /* Message header that caused the error */
+ /*
+ * followed by the message contents unless NETLINK_CAP_ACK was set
+ * or the ACK indicates success (error == 0).
+ * For example Generic Netlink message with attributes.
+ * message length is aligned with NLMSG_ALIGN()
+ */
+ /*
+ * followed by TLVs defined in enum nlmsgerr_attrs
+ * if NETLINK_EXT_ACK was set
+ */
};
.EE
.in