api: clean up error message

[vpp.git] / src / vlibapi / api_shared.c

diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c b/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
index 0ea5280..d2f1759 100644 (file)
--- a/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
@@ -1060,8 +1060,9 @@ vl_api_from_api_to_new_vec (void *mp, vl_api_string_t * astr)
   u8 *v = 0;
 
   if (vl_msg_api_max_length (mp) < clib_net_to_host_u32 (astr->length))
-    return format (0, "insane astr->length %u%c",
-                  clib_net_to_host_u32 (astr->length), 0);
+    return format (0, "Invalid astr->length %u > max (%u)%c",
+                  clib_net_to_host_u32 (astr->length),
+                  vl_msg_api_max_length (mp), 0);
   vec_add (v, astr->buf, clib_net_to_host_u32 (astr->length));
   return v;
 }