linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] tools: ynl: add start-index property for indexed arrays

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Message-ID: <20251021162445.4df0f832@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:24:45 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Zahari Doychev <zahari.doychev@...ux.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] tools: ynl: add start-index property for indexed
 arrays

On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:50:03 +0300 Zahari Doychev wrote:
> > We need to be selective about what API stupidity we try to
> > cover up in YNL. Otherwise the specs will be unmanageably complex.
> > IMO this one should be a comment in the spec explaining that action
> > 0 is ignore and that's it.
> 
> I am not sure if this applies for all cases of indexed arrays. For sure
> it applies for the tc_act_attrs case but I need to check the rest again.
> 
> Do you think it would be fine to start from 1 for all indexed arrays?

Not sure off the top of my head