1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index d4ec38fa64e6..6f9206b36dc2 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ void netpoll_print_options(struct netpoll *np)
                          np->name, np->local_port);
         printk(KERN_INFO "%s: local IP %pI4\n",
                          np->name, &np->local_ip);
-        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: interface %s\n",
+        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: interface '%s'\n",
                          np->name, np->dev_name);
         printk(KERN_INFO "%s: remote port %d\n",
                          np->name, np->remote_port);
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
                 if ((delim = strchr(cur, '@')) == NULL)
                         goto parse_failed;
                 *delim = 0;
+                if (*cur == ' ' || *cur == '\t')
+                        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: warning: whitespace"
+                                        "is not allowed\n", np->name);
                 np->remote_port = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 10);
                 cur = delim;
         }
@@ -708,7 +711,7 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
         return 0;
 
  parse_failed:
-        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: couldn't parse config at %s!\n",
+        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: couldn't parse config at '%s'!\n",
                np->name, cur);
         return -1;
 }