@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ovpn_dco_nlmsg_create(dco_context_t *dco, int cmd)

     struct nl_msg *nl_msg = nlmsg_alloc();

     if (!nl_msg)

     {

-        msg(M_ERR, "cannot allocate netlink message");

+        msg(M_FATAL, "cannot allocate netlink message");

         return NULL;

     }

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ ovpn_nl_recvmsgs(dco_context_t *dco, const char *prefix)

             break;

         case -NLE_NOMEM:

-            msg(M_ERR, "%s: netlink out of memory error", prefix);

+            msg(M_FATAL, "%s: netlink out of memory error", prefix);

             break;

         case -NLE_AGAIN:

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ ovpn_nl_recvmsgs(dco_context_t *dco, const char *prefix)

             break;

         case -NLE_NODEV:

-            msg(M_ERR, "%s: netlink reports device not found:", prefix);

+            msg(M_FATAL, "%s: netlink reports device not found:", prefix);

             break;

         case -NLE_OBJ_NOTFOUND:

@@ -387,19 +387,19 @@ ovpn_nl_cb_error(struct sockaddr_nl (*nla) __attribute__ ((unused)),

 static void

 ovpn_dco_init_netlink(dco_context_t *dco)

 {

-    dco->ovpn_dco_id = resolve_ovpn_netlink_id(M_ERR);

+    dco->ovpn_dco_id = resolve_ovpn_netlink_id(M_FATAL);

     dco->nl_sock = nl_socket_alloc();

     if (!dco->nl_sock)

     {

-        msg(M_ERR, "Cannot create netlink socket");

+        msg(M_FATAL, "Cannot create netlink socket");

     }

     int ret = genl_connect(dco->nl_sock);

     if (ret)

     {

-        msg(M_ERR, "Cannot connect to generic netlink: %s",

+        msg(M_FATAL, "Cannot connect to generic netlink: %s",

             nl_geterror(ret));

     }

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ ovpn_dco_init_netlink(dco_context_t *dco)

     dco->nl_cb = nl_cb_alloc(NL_CB_DEFAULT);

     if (!dco->nl_cb)

     {

-        msg(M_ERR, "failed to allocate netlink callback");

+        msg(M_FATAL, "failed to allocate netlink callback");

     }

     nl_socket_set_cb(dco->nl_sock, dco->nl_cb);

@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ ovpn_dco_register(dco_context_t *dco)

     if (dco->ovpn_dco_mcast_id < 0)

     {

-        msg(M_ERR, "cannot get mcast group: %s",  nl_geterror(dco->ovpn_dco_mcast_id));

+        msg(M_FATAL, "cannot get mcast group: %s",  nl_geterror(dco->ovpn_dco_mcast_id));

     }

     /* Register for ovpn-dco specific multicast messages that the kernel may

@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ ovpn_dco_register(dco_context_t *dco)

     int ret = nl_socket_add_membership(dco->nl_sock, dco->ovpn_dco_mcast_id);

     if (ret)

     {

-        msg(M_ERR, "%s: failed to join groups: %d", __func__, ret);

+        msg(M_FATAL, "%s: failed to join groups: %d", __func__, ret);

     }

 }