@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ properties:
name:
type: string
type:
- description: The netlink attribute type
- enum: [ u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64, string, binary ]
+ description: |
+ The netlink attribute type. Members of type 'binary' or 'pad'
+ must also have the 'len' property set.
+ enum: [ u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64, string, binary, pad ]
len:
$ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
byte-order:
@@ -150,6 +152,14 @@ properties:
the right formatting mechanism when displaying values of this
type.
enum: [ hex, mac, fddi, ipv4, ipv6, uuid ]
+ if:
+ properties:
+ type:
+ oneOf:
+ - const: binary
+ - const: pad
+ then:
+ required: [ len ]
# End genetlink-legacy
attribute-sets:
@@ -202,7 +212,8 @@ 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, array-nest, nest-type-value,
+ sub-message ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the attribute.
type: string
@@ -261,6 +272,17 @@ properties:
description: Name of the struct type used for the attribute.
type: string
# End genetlink-legacy
+ # Start netlink-raw
+ sub-message:
+ description: |
+ Name of the sub-message definition to use for the attribute.
+ type: string
+ selector:
+ description: |
+ Name of the attribute to use for dynamic selection of sub-message
+ format specifier.
+ type: string
+ # End netlink-raw
# Make sure name-prefix does not appear in subsets (subsets inherit naming)
dependencies:
@@ -283,6 +305,43 @@ properties:
items:
required: [ type ]
+ # Start netlink-raw
+ sub-messages:
+ description: Definition of sub message attributes
+ type: array
+ items:
+ type: object
+ additionalProperties: False
+ required: [ name, formats ]
+ properties:
+ name:
+ description: Name of the sub-message definition
+ type: string
+ formats:
+ description: Dynamically selected format specifiers
+ type: array
+ items:
+ type: object
+ additionalProperties: False
+ required: [ value ]
+ properties:
+ value:
+ description: |
+ Value to match for dynamic selection of sub-message format
+ specifier.
+ type: string
+ fixed-header:
+ description: |
+ Name of the struct definition to use as the fixed header
+ for the sub message.
+ type: string
+ attribute-set:
+ description: |
+ Name of the attribute space from which to resolve attributes
+ in the sub message.
+ type: string
+ # End netlink-raw
+
operations:
description: Operations supported by the protocol.
type: object
Add a 'sub-message' attribute type with a selector that supports polymorphic attribute formats for raw netlink families like tc. A sub-message attribute uses the value of another attribute as a selector key to choose the right sub-message format. For example if the following attribute has already been decoded: { "kind": "gre" } and we encounter the following attribute spec: - name: data type: sub-message sub-message: linkinfo-data-msg selector: kind Then we look for a sub-message definition called 'linkinfo-data-msg' and use the value of the 'kind' attribute i.e. 'gre' as the key to choose the correct format for the sub-message: sub-messages: name: linkinfo-data-msg formats: - value: bridge attribute-set: linkinfo-bridge-attrs - value: gre attribute-set: linkinfo-gre-attrs - value: geneve attribute-set: linkinfo-geneve-attrs This would decode the attribute value as a sub-message with the attribute-set called 'linkinfo-gre-attrs' as the attribute space. A sub-message can have an optional 'fixed-header' followed by zero or more attributes from an attribute-set. For example the following 'tc-options-msg' sub-message defines message formats that use a mixture of fixed-header, attribute-set or both together: sub-messages: - name: tc-options-msg formats: - value: bfifo fixed-header: tc-fifo-qopt - value: cake attribute-set: tc-cake-attrs - value: netem fixed-header: tc-netem-qopt attribute-set: tc-netem-attrs Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com> --- Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)