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 diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst index 70a77387f6c4..54e8fb25e093 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst @@ -46,10 +46,16 @@ For reference the ``multi-attr`` array may look like this:: where ``ARRAY-ATTR`` is the array entry type. -array-nest -~~~~~~~~~~ +indexed-array +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -``array-nest`` creates the following structure:: +``indexed-array`` wraps the entire array in an extra attribute (hence +limiting its size to 64kB). The ``ENTRY`` nests are special and have the +index of the entry as their type instead of normal attribute type. + +A ``sub-type`` is needed to describe what type in the ``ENTRY``. A ``nest`` +``sub-type`` means there are nest arrays in the ``ENTRY``, with the structure +looks like:: [SOME-OTHER-ATTR] [ARRAY-ATTR] diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py index b30210f537f7..d671efea808a 100644 --- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py +++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py @@ -631,15 +631,18 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily): decoded = self._formatted_string(decoded, attr_spec.display_hint) return decoded - def _decode_array_nest(self, attr, attr_spec): + def _decode_array_attr(self, attr, attr_spec): decoded = [] offset = 0 while offset < len(attr.raw): item = NlAttr(attr.raw, offset) offset += item.full_len - subattrs = self._decode(NlAttrs(item.raw), attr_spec['nested-attributes']) - decoded.append({ item.type: subattrs }) + if attr_spec["sub-type"] == 'nest': + subattrs = self._decode(NlAttrs(item.raw), attr_spec['nested-attributes']) + decoded.append({ item.type: subattrs }) + else: + raise Exception(f'Unknown {attr_spec["sub-type"]} with name {attr_spec["name"]}') return decoded def _decode_nest_type_value(self, attr, attr_spec): @@ -733,8 +736,8 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily): decoded = attr.as_scalar(attr_spec['type'], attr_spec.byte_order) if 'enum' in attr_spec: decoded = self._decode_enum(decoded, attr_spec) - elif attr_spec["type"] == 'array-nest': - decoded = self._decode_array_nest(attr, attr_spec) + elif attr_spec["type"] == 'indexed-array': + decoded = self._decode_array_attr(attr, attr_spec) elif attr_spec["type"] == 'bitfield32': value, selector = struct.unpack("II", attr.raw) if 'enum' in attr_spec: diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py index a451cbfbd781..c0b90c104d92 100755 --- a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py +++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py @@ -841,8 +841,11 @@ class AttrSet(SpecAttrSet): t = TypeBitfield32(self.family, self, elem, value) elif elem['type'] == 'nest': t = TypeNest(self.family, self, elem, value) - elif elem['type'] == 'array-nest': - t = TypeArrayNest(self.family, self, elem, value) + elif elem['type'] == 'indexed-array' and 'sub-type' in elem: + if elem["sub-type"] == 'nest': + t = TypeArrayNest(self.family, self, elem, value) + else: + raise Exception(f'new_attr: unsupported sub-type {elem["sub-type"]}') elif elem['type'] == 'nest-type-value': t = TypeNestTypeValue(self.family, self, elem, value) else: @@ -1055,7 +1058,7 @@ class Family(SpecFamily): if nested in self.root_sets: raise Exception("Inheriting members to a space used as root not supported") inherit.update(set(spec['type-value'])) - elif spec['type'] == 'array-nest': + elif spec['type'] == 'indexed-array': inherit.add('idx') self.pure_nested_structs[nested].set_inherited(inherit) @@ -1619,9 +1622,12 @@ def _multi_parse(ri, struct, init_lines, local_vars): multi_attrs = set() needs_parg = False for arg, aspec in struct.member_list(): - if aspec['type'] == 'array-nest': - local_vars.append(f'const struct nlattr *attr_{aspec.c_name};') - array_nests.add(arg) + if aspec['type'] == 'indexed-array' and 'sub-type' in aspec: + if aspec["sub-type"] == 'nest': + local_vars.append(f'const struct nlattr *attr_{aspec.c_name};') + array_nests.add(arg) + else: + raise Exception(f'Not supported sub-type {aspec["sub-type"]}') if 'multi-attr' in aspec: multi_attrs.add(arg) needs_parg |= 'nested-attributes' in aspec