linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xdrgen: handle _XdrString in union encoder/decoder

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Message-ID: <176167803663.42531.4479861144864515683.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:00:43 -0400
From: Chuck Lever <cel@...nel.org>
To: Khushal Chitturi <kc9282016@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xdrgen: handle _XdrString in union encoder/decoder

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:23:17 +0530, Khushal Chitturi wrote:
> Running xdrgen on xdrgen/tests/test.x fails when
> generating encoder or decoder functions for union
> members of type _XdrString. It was because _XdrString
> does not have a spec attribute like _XdrBasic,
> leading to AttributeError.
> 
> This patch updates emit_union_case_spec_definition
> and emit_union_case_spec_decoder/encoder to handle
> _XdrString by assigning type_name = "char *" and
> avoiding referencing to spec.
> 
> [...]

Applied to nfsd-testing, thanks!

[1/1] xdrgen: handle _XdrString in union encoder/decoder
      commit: 33489817c0df12155eb3bfc86edca8fc64d204f6

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Chuck Lever