5 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
index 3ebd50d78820..24692a9343f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $defs:
     minimum: 0
   len-or-define:
     type: [ string, integer ]
-    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_]+( - 1)?$
+    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+( - 1)?$
     minimum: 0
   len-or-limit:
     # literal int or limit based on fixed-width type e.g. u8-min, u16-max, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index 1d3fe3637707..b0b7e8bab8a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $defs:
     minimum: 0
   len-or-define:
     type: [ string, integer ]
-    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_]+( - 1)?$
+    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+( - 1)?$
     minimum: 0
   len-or-limit:
     # literal int or limit based on fixed-width type e.g. u8-min, u16-max, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
index 3283bf458ff1..d7edb8855563 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $defs:
     minimum: 0
   len-or-define:
     type: [ string, integer ]
-    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_]+( - 1)?$
+    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+( - 1)?$
     minimum: 0
   len-or-limit:
     # literal int or limit based on fixed-width type e.g. u8-min, u16-max, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
index 40fc8ab1ee44..57490e5c1ddf 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $defs:
     minimum: 0
   len-or-define:
     type: [ string, integer ]
-    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_]+( - 1)?$
+    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+( - 1)?$
     minimum: 0
 
 # Schema for specs
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
index 67bfaff05154..5bb7ca01fe51 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class Type(SpecAttr):
         value = self.checks.get(limit, default)
         if value is None:
             return value
+        elif value in self.family.consts:
+            return c_upper(f"{self.family['name']}-{value}")
         if not isinstance(value, int):
             value = limit_to_number(value)
         return value