bool needs_mapping, sets_mapping;
        int err;
 
-       if (!mlx5e_is_eswitch_flow(flow))
+       if (!mlx5e_is_eswitch_flow(flow)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Match on tunnel is not supported");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
        needs_mapping = !!flow->attr->chain;
        sets_mapping = flow_requires_tunnel_mapping(flow->attr->chain, f);
                addr_type = match.key->addr_type;
 
                /* the HW doesn't support frag first/later */
-               if (match.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_FIRST_FRAG)
+               if (match.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_FIRST_FRAG) {
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Match on frag first/later is not supported");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               }
 
                if (match.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT) {
                        MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_lyr_2_4, headers_c, frag, 1);
                switch (ip_proto) {
                case IPPROTO_ICMP:
                        if (!(MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, flex_parser_protocols) &
-                             MLX5_FLEX_PROTO_ICMP))
+                             MLX5_FLEX_PROTO_ICMP)) {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                                  "Match on Flex protocols for ICMP is not supported");
                                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                       }
                        MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_misc3, misc_c_3, icmp_type,
                                 match.mask->type);
                        MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_misc3, misc_v_3, icmp_type,
                        break;
                case IPPROTO_ICMPV6:
                        if (!(MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, flex_parser_protocols) &
-                             MLX5_FLEX_PROTO_ICMPV6))
+                             MLX5_FLEX_PROTO_ICMPV6)) {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                                  "Match on Flex protocols for ICMPV6 is not supported");
                                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                       }
                        MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_misc3, misc_c_3, icmpv6_type,
                                 match.mask->type);
                        MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_misc3, misc_v_3, icmpv6_type,
 #define pedit_header(_ph, _htype) ((void *)(_ph) + pedit_header_offsets[_htype])
 
 static int set_pedit_val(u8 hdr_type, u32 mask, u32 val, u32 offset,
-                        struct pedit_headers_action *hdrs)
+                        struct pedit_headers_action *hdrs,
+                        struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        u32 *curr_pmask, *curr_pval;
 
        curr_pmask = (u32 *)(pedit_header(&hdrs->masks, hdr_type) + offset);
        curr_pval  = (u32 *)(pedit_header(&hdrs->vals, hdr_type) + offset);
 
-       if (*curr_pmask & mask)  /* disallow acting twice on the same location */
+       if (*curr_pmask & mask) { /* disallow acting twice on the same location */
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                  "curr_pmask and new mask same. Acting twice on same location");
                goto out_err;
+       }
 
        *curr_pmask |= mask;
        *curr_pval  |= (val & mask);
        val = act->mangle.val;
        offset = act->mangle.offset;
 
-       err = set_pedit_val(htype, ~mask, val, offset, &hdrs[cmd]);
+       err = set_pedit_val(htype, ~mask, val, offset, &hdrs[cmd], extack);
        if (err)
                goto out_err;
 
        u32 mask, val, offset;
        u32 *p;
 
-       if (act->id != FLOW_ACTION_MANGLE)
+       if (act->id != FLOW_ACTION_MANGLE) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported action id");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
        if (act->mangle.htype != FLOW_ACT_MANGLE_HDR_TYPE_ETH) {
                NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Only Ethernet modification is supported");
        u32 action = 0;
        int err, i;
 
-       if (!flow_action_has_entries(flow_action))
+       if (!flow_action_has_entries(flow_action)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Flow action doesn't have any entries");
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        if (!flow_action_hw_stats_check(flow_action, extack,
-                                       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED_BIT))
+                                       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED_BIT)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Flow action HW stats type is not supported");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
        nic_attr = attr->nic_attr;
        nic_attr->flow_tag = MLX5_FS_DEFAULT_FLOW_TAG;
                        flow_flag_set(flow, CT);
                        break;
                default:
-                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "The offload action is not supported");
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                          "The offload action is not supported in NIC action");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
        }
 static int parse_tc_vlan_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
                                const struct flow_action_entry *act,
                                struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr *attr,
-                               u32 *action)
+                               u32 *action,
+                               struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        u8 vlan_idx = attr->total_vlan;
 
-       if (vlan_idx >= MLX5_FS_VLAN_DEPTH)
+       if (vlan_idx >= MLX5_FS_VLAN_DEPTH) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Total vlans used is greater than supported");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
        switch (act->id) {
        case FLOW_ACTION_VLAN_POP:
                if (vlan_idx) {
                        if (!mlx5_eswitch_vlan_actions_supported(priv->mdev,
-                                                                MLX5_FS_VLAN_DEPTH))
+                                                                MLX5_FS_VLAN_DEPTH)) {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                                  "vlan pop action is not supported");
                                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                       }
 
                        *action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_VLAN_POP_2;
                } else {
 
                if (vlan_idx) {
                        if (!mlx5_eswitch_vlan_actions_supported(priv->mdev,
-                                                                MLX5_FS_VLAN_DEPTH))
+                                                                MLX5_FS_VLAN_DEPTH)) {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                                  "vlan push action is not supported for vlan depth > 1");
                                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                       }
 
                        *action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_VLAN_PUSH_2;
                } else {
                        if (!mlx5_eswitch_vlan_actions_supported(priv->mdev, 1) &&
                            (act->vlan.proto != htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ||
-                            act->vlan.prio))
+                            act->vlan.prio)) {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                                  "vlan push action is not supported");
                                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                       }
 
                        *action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_VLAN_PUSH;
                }
                break;
        default:
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unexpected action id for VLAN");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
 static int add_vlan_push_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
                                struct mlx5_flow_attr *attr,
                                struct net_device **out_dev,
-                               u32 *action)
+                               u32 *action,
+                               struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct net_device *vlan_dev = *out_dev;
        struct flow_action_entry vlan_act = {
        };
        int err;
 
-       err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, &vlan_act, attr->esw_attr, action);
+       err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, &vlan_act, attr->esw_attr, action, extack);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
                return -ENODEV;
 
        if (is_vlan_dev(*out_dev))
-               err = add_vlan_push_action(priv, attr, out_dev, action);
+               err = add_vlan_push_action(priv, attr, out_dev, action, extack);
 
        return err;
 }
 
 static int add_vlan_pop_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
                               struct mlx5_flow_attr *attr,
-                              u32 *action)
+                              u32 *action,
+                              struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct flow_action_entry vlan_act = {
                .id = FLOW_ACTION_VLAN_POP,
        nest_level = attr->parse_attr->filter_dev->lower_level -
                                                priv->netdev->lower_level;
        while (nest_level--) {
-               err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, &vlan_act, attr->esw_attr, action);
+               err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, &vlan_act, attr->esw_attr, action, extack);
                if (err)
                        return err;
        }
        int err, i, if_count = 0;
        bool mpls_push = false;
 
-       if (!flow_action_has_entries(flow_action))
+       if (!flow_action_has_entries(flow_action)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Flow action doesn't have any entries");
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        if (!flow_action_hw_stats_check(flow_action, extack,
-                                       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED_BIT))
+                                       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED_BIT)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Flow action HW stats type is not supported");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
        esw_attr = attr->esw_attr;
        parse_attr = attr->parse_attr;
                                if (is_vlan_dev(out_dev)) {
                                        err = add_vlan_push_action(priv, attr,
                                                                   &out_dev,
-                                                                  &action);
+                                                                  &action, extack);
                                        if (err)
                                                return err;
                                }
 
                                if (is_vlan_dev(parse_attr->filter_dev)) {
                                        err = add_vlan_pop_action(priv, attr,
-                                                                 &action);
+                                                                 &action, extack);
                                        if (err)
                                                return err;
                                }
                        break;
                case FLOW_ACTION_TUNNEL_ENCAP:
                        info = act->tunnel;
-                       if (info)
+                       if (info) {
                                encap = true;
-                       else
+                       } else {
+                               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                                  "Zero tunnel attributes is not supported");
                                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                       }
 
                        break;
                case FLOW_ACTION_VLAN_PUSH:
                                                              act, parse_attr, hdrs,
                                                              &action, extack);
                        } else {
-                               err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, act, esw_attr, &action);
+                               err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, act, esw_attr, &action, extack);
                        }
                        if (err)
                                return err;
                        flow_flag_set(flow, SAMPLE);
                        break;
                default:
-                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "The offload action is not supported");
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                          "The offload action is not supported in FDB action");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
        }
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
 
-       if (!flow_action_basic_hw_stats_check(flow_action, extack))
+       if (!flow_action_basic_hw_stats_check(flow_action, extack)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Flow action HW stats type is not supported");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
        flow_action_for_each(i, act, flow_action) {
                switch (act->id) {