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2023-03-28docs: netlink: document the sub-type attribute propertyDonald Hunter
Add a definition for sub-type to the protocol spec doc and a description of its usage for C arrays in genetlink-legacy. Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-03-16ynl: broaden the license even moreJakub Kicinski
I relicensed Netlink spec code to GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause but we still put a slightly different license on the uAPI header than the rest of the code. Use the Linux-syscall-note on all the specs and all generated code. It's moot for kernel code, but should not hurt. This way the licenses match everywhere. Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Fixes: 37d9df224d1e ("ynl: re-license uniformly under GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause") Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-03-07ynl: re-license uniformly under GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-ClauseJakub Kicinski
I was intending to make all the Netlink Spec code BSD-3-Clause to ease the adoption but it appears that: - I fumbled the uAPI and used "GPL WITH uAPI note" there - it gives people pause as they expect GPL in the kernel As suggested by Chuck re-license under dual. This gives us benefit of full BSD freedom while fulfilling the broad "kernel is under GPL" expectations. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230304120108.05dd44c5@kernel.org/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230306200457.3903854-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-03-03tools: ynl: use 1 as the default for first entry in attrs/opsJakub Kicinski
Pretty much all families use value: 1 or reserve as unspec the first entry in attribute set and the first operation. Make this the default. Update documentation (the doc for values of operations just refers back to doc for attrs so updating only attrs). Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-03-03tools: ynl: fully inherit attrs in subsetsJakub Kicinski
To avoid having to repeat the entire definition of an attribute (including the value) use the Attr object from the original set. In fact this is already the documented expectation. Fixes: be5bea1cc0bf ("net: add basic C code generators for Netlink") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2023-01-31docs: netlink: add a starting guide for working with specsJakub Kicinski
We have a bit of documentation about the internals of Netlink and the specs, but really the goal is for most people to not worry about those. Add a practical guide for beginners who want to poke at the specs. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2023-01-24docs: add more netlink docs (incl. spec docs)Jakub Kicinski
Add documentation about the upcoming Netlink protocol specs. Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>