int                     (*validate_link_af)(const struct net_device *dev,
                                                    const struct nlattr *attr);
        int                     (*set_link_af)(struct net_device *dev,
-                                              const struct nlattr *attr);
-
+                                              const struct nlattr *attr,
+                                              struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
        int                     (*fill_stats_af)(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                                 const struct net_device *dev);
        size_t                  (*get_stats_af_size)(const struct net_device *dev);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int inet_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla)
+static int inet_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla,
+                           struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev);
        struct nlattr *a, *tb[IFLA_INET_MAX+1];
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int inet6_set_iftoken(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *token)
+static int inet6_set_iftoken(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *token,
+                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
        struct net_device *dev = idev->dev;
 
        if (!token)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (dev->flags & (IFF_LOOPBACK | IFF_NOARP))
+
+       if (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device is loopback");
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (!ipv6_accept_ra(idev))
+       }
+
+       if (dev->flags & IFF_NOARP) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                  "Device does not do neighbour discovery");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       if (!ipv6_accept_ra(idev)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+                                  "Router advertisement is disabled on device");
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (idev->cnf.rtr_solicits == 0)
+       }
+
+       if (idev->cnf.rtr_solicits == 0) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+                              "Router solicitation is disabled on device");
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int inet6_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla)
+static int inet6_set_link_af(struct net_device *dev, const struct nlattr *nla,
+                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct inet6_dev *idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
        struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_INET6_MAX + 1];
                BUG();
 
        if (tb[IFLA_INET6_TOKEN]) {
-               err = inet6_set_iftoken(idev, nla_data(tb[IFLA_INET6_TOKEN]));
+               err = inet6_set_iftoken(idev, nla_data(tb[IFLA_INET6_TOKEN]),
+                                       extack);
                if (err)
                        return err;
        }