linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] tools: ynl-gen: use macro for binary min-len check

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Message-ID: <m21pon2a10.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:52:11 +0100
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
 <ast@...erby.net>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,  Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>,  Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,  Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>,  Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,  Jacob Keller
 <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,  "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)"
 <matttbe@...nel.org>,  David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,  Chuck Lever
 <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,  netdev@...r.kernel.org,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] tools: ynl-gen: use macro for binary
 min-len check

Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net> writes:

> This patch changes the generated min-len check for binary
> attributes to use the NLA_POLICY_MIN_LEN() macro, thereby the
> generated code supports strict policy validation.
>
> With this change TypeBinary will always generate a NLA_BINARY
> attribute policy.
>
> This doesn't change any currently generated code, as it isn't
> used in any specs currently used for generating code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>