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[PATCHv3,net-next,1/2] ynl: rename array-nest to indexed-array

Message ID 20240401035651.1251874-2-liuhangbin@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Commit Message

Hangbin Liu April 1, 2024, 3:56 a.m. UTC
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>
---
 Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml        |  2 +-
 Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml   |  2 +-
 Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml          |  2 +-
 Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml        |  2 +-
 Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml       |  6 ++++--
 Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml      |  3 ++-
 Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml           | 21 ++++++++++++-------
 .../netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst              | 12 ++++++++---
 tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py                      | 13 +++++++-----
 tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py                    | 18 ++++++++++------
 10 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
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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 324fa182cd14..dbcf19e494ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml
@@ -1937,7 +1937,8 @@  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
@@ -2077,7 +2078,8 @@  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
@@ -2297,7 +2299,8 @@  attribute-sets:
         type: string
       -
         name: act
-        type: array-nest
+        type: indexed-array
+        sub-type: nest
         nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
       -
         name: key-eth-dst
@@ -2798,7 +2801,8 @@  attribute-sets:
         type: string
       -
         name: act
-        type: array-nest
+        type: indexed-array
+        sub-type: nest
         nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
       -
         name: mask
@@ -2951,7 +2955,8 @@  attribute-sets:
         type: u32
       -
         name: act
-        type: array-nest
+        type: indexed-array
+        sub-type: nest
         nested-attributes: tc-act-attrs
       -
         name: flags
@@ -3324,7 +3329,8 @@  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
@@ -3542,7 +3548,8 @@  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
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``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.
 
-``array-nest`` creates the following structure::
+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 82d3c98067aa..e5ad415905c7 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -630,15 +630,18 @@  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):
@@ -732,8 +735,8 @@  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