net/ipv6: lower the level of "link is not ready" messages
authorLubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:54:20 +0000 (14:54 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:42:39 +0000 (20:42 -0800)
commit7c62b8dd5ca89dabd9f455d19e663bad60951bd5
treed375c83a0344f003e2cbe707c8c9da3672a8de78
parent17b42a20d7ca59377788c6a2409e77569570cc10
net/ipv6: lower the level of "link is not ready" messages

This message gets logged far too often for how interesting is it.

Most distributions nowadays configure NetworkManager to use randomly
generated MAC addresses for Wi-Fi network scans. The interfaces end up
being periodically brought down for the address change. When they're
subsequently brought back up, the message is logged, eventually flooding
the log.

Perhaps the message is not all that helpful: it seems to be more
interesting to hear when the addrconf actually start, not when it does
not. Let's lower its level.

Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Acked-By: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/addrconf.c