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-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml15
-rw-r--r--tools/net/ynl/lib/nlspec.py2
-rw-r--r--tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py26
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
index 04b92f1a5cd6..ac4e05415f2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
@@ -152,14 +152,23 @@ properties:
the right formatting mechanism when displaying values of this
type.
enum: [ hex, mac, fddi, ipv4, ipv6, uuid ]
+ struct:
+ description: Name of the nested struct type.
+ type: string
if:
properties:
type:
- oneOf:
- - const: binary
- - const: pad
+ const: pad
then:
required: [ len ]
+ if:
+ properties:
+ type:
+ const: binary
+ then:
+ oneOf:
+ - required: [ len ]
+ - required: [ struct ]
# End genetlink-legacy
attribute-sets:
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/lib/nlspec.py b/tools/net/ynl/lib/nlspec.py
index 44f13e383e8a..5d197a12ab8d 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/nlspec.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/nlspec.py
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ class SpecStructMember(SpecElement):
len integer, optional byte length of binary types
display_hint string, hint to help choose format specifier
when displaying the value
+ struct string, name of nested struct type
"""
def __init__(self, family, yaml):
super().__init__(family, yaml)
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ class SpecStructMember(SpecElement):
self.enum = yaml.get('enum')
self.len = yaml.get('len')
self.display_hint = yaml.get('display-hint')
+ self.struct = yaml.get('struct')
class SpecStruct(SpecElement):
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
index 2b0ca61deaf8..0f4193cc2e3b 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -674,7 +674,10 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
size = 0
for m in members:
if m.type in ['pad', 'binary']:
- size += m.len
+ if m.struct:
+ size += self._struct_size(m.struct)
+ else:
+ size += m.len
else:
format = NlAttr.get_format(m.type, m.byte_order)
size += format.size
@@ -691,8 +694,14 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
if m.type == 'pad':
offset += m.len
elif m.type == 'binary':
- value = data[offset : offset + m.len]
- offset += m.len
+ if m.struct:
+ len = self._struct_size(m.struct)
+ value = self._decode_struct(data[offset : offset + len],
+ m.struct)
+ offset += len
+ else:
+ value = data[offset : offset + m.len]
+ offset += m.len
else:
format = NlAttr.get_format(m.type, m.byte_order)
[ value ] = format.unpack_from(data, offset)
@@ -713,10 +722,15 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
if m.type == 'pad':
attr_payload += bytearray(m.len)
elif m.type == 'binary':
- if value is None:
- attr_payload += bytearray(m.len)
+ if m.struct:
+ if value is None:
+ value = dict()
+ attr_payload += self._encode_struct(m.struct, value)
else:
- attr_payload += bytes.fromhex(value)
+ if value is None:
+ attr_payload += bytearray(m.len)
+ else:
+ attr_payload += bytes.fromhex(value)
else:
if value is None:
value = 0