summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/netlink
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorHangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>2024-04-04 14:31:12 +0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2024-04-05 22:32:49 -0700
commitaa6485d813ad6d884d23e1e9cf3913be29a1f229 (patch)
tree673695b5e1b1500a49b331b4476d23c81fb6a77f /Documentation/netlink
parentf410cbea9f3d2675b4c8e52af1d1985b11b387d1 (diff)
downloadlinux-stable-aa6485d813ad6d884d23e1e9cf3913be29a1f229.tar.gz
linux-stable-aa6485d813ad6d884d23e1e9cf3913be29a1f229.tar.bz2
linux-stable-aa6485d813ad6d884d23e1e9cf3913be29a1f229.zip
ynl: rename array-nest to indexed-array
Some implementations, like bonding, has nest array with same attr type. To support all kinds of entries under one nest array. As discussed[1], let's rename array-nest to indexed-array, and assuming the value is a nest by passing the type via sub-type. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240312100105.16a59086@kernel.org/ Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240404063114.1221532-2-liuhangbin@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/netlink')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml21
7 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
index 4dfd899a1661..4f803eaac6d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ properties:
type: &attr-type
enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary,
uint, sint, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
- string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
+ string, nest, indexed-array, nest-type-value ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the attribute.
type: string
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index b48ad3b1cc32..8db0e22fa72c 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ properties:
description: The netlink attribute type
enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, bitfield32,
uint, sint, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
- string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
+ string, nest, indexed-array, nest-type-value ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the attribute.
type: string
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
index ebd6ee743fcc..b036227b46f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ properties:
type: &attr-type
enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary,
uint, sint, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
- string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
+ string, nest, indexed-array, nest-type-value ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the attribute.
type: string
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
index a76e54cbadbc..914aa1c0a273 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ properties:
description: The netlink attribute type
enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, bitfield32,
u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64,
- string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value,
+ string, nest, indexed-array, nest-type-value,
sub-message ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the attribute.
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml
index b1632b95f725..a36535350bdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml
@@ -65,11 +65,13 @@ attribute-sets:
type: u32
-
name: ops
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: op-attrs
-
name: mcast-groups
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: mcast-group-attrs
-
name: policy
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml
index 81a5a3d1b04d..e5dcb2cf1724 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml
@@ -1690,7 +1690,8 @@ attribute-sets:
type: binary
-
name: hw-s-info
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: hw-s-info-one
-
name: l3-stats
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml
index 6068c105c5ee..8c01e4e13195 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml
@@ -1988,7 +1988,8 @@ attribute-sets:
nested-attributes: tc-ematch-attrs
-
name: act
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
-
name: police
@@ -2128,7 +2129,8 @@ attribute-sets:
type: u32
-
name: tin-stats
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-cake-tin-stats-attrs
-
name: deficit
@@ -2348,7 +2350,8 @@ attribute-sets:
type: string
-
name: act
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
-
name: key-eth-dst
@@ -2849,7 +2852,8 @@ attribute-sets:
type: string
-
name: act
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
-
name: mask
@@ -3002,7 +3006,8 @@ attribute-sets:
type: u32
-
name: act
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
-
name: flags
@@ -3375,7 +3380,8 @@ attribute-sets:
nested-attributes: tc-police-attrs
-
name: act
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
-
name: tc-taprio-attrs
@@ -3593,7 +3599,8 @@ attribute-sets:
nested-attributes: tc-police-attrs
-
name: act
- type: array-nest
+ type: indexed-array
+ sub-type: nest
nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
-
name: indev