linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 12/13] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool

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Message-ID: <8e355184-1593-4bac-bc57-40258cd56c78@bootlin.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 17:53:01 +0100
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 12/13] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port
 listing with ethtool

Hi Jakub

On 04/02/2026 17:14, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue,  3 Feb 2026 18:28:36 +0100 Maxime Chevallier wrote:
>> +Request contents:
>> +
>> +====================================  ======  =================================
>> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER``             nested  request header
>> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID``                 u32     port id
>> +  ====================================  ======  ===============================
> 
> No idea what happened but suddenly last doc build run started noticing
> that this table is malformed. Even tho the patches have been present in
> previous builds already and there was no error. Very odd. But the table
> does look wonky..
> 
> Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst:2538: ERROR: Malformed table.
> Bottom/header table border does not match top border.
> 
> ====================================  ======  =================================
>   ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER``             nested  request header
>   ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID``                 u32     port id
>   ====================================  ======  ===============================

Yeah I noticed too late... Simon made the same comment on V3, but his
review and my V4 crossed and the issue is still there, as are a few
other ones like the smatch problem :(

I'll slow down my horses a bit :)

Thanks,

Maxime