NetBSD Problem Report #58099

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From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: wpa_supplicant logs spurious ENOTTY errors
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>Number:         58099
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       wpa_supplicant logs spurious ENOTTY errors
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 02 04:05:01 +0000 2024
>Last-Modified:  Tue Apr 02 14:18:23 +0000 2024
>Originator:     Taylor R Campbell
>Release:        current, 10, 9, 8, ...
>Organization:
The NetBSIoctl Foundation
>Environment:
>Description:
When wpa_supplicant starts, it logs spurious error messages like this:

Apr  2 03:56:18 nanocons wpa_supplicant[13476]: ioctl[SIOCG80211, op=16, arg_len=0]: Inappropriate ioctl for device

There appears to be no actual problem here -- I think it's just that wpa_supplicant is trying to apply 802.11 ioctls to non-802.11 network interfaces.  But it is harmful because it gives the misapprehension of buggy software and contributes to warning fatigue.
>How-To-Repeat:
service wpa_supplicant start
>Fix:
Yes, please!

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/58099: wpa_supplicant logs spurious ENOTTY errors
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 07:47:47 +0200

 On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 04:05:01AM +0000, campbell+netbsd@mumble.net wrote:
 > >Number:         58099
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       wpa_supplicant logs spurious ENOTTY errors

 This is not a "kern" problem, but a bug in wpa_supplicant, isn't it?

 Martin

Responsible-Changed-From-To: kern-bug-people->bin-bug-people
Responsible-Changed-By: riastradh@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:18:23 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
fixed category


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