netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/2] netlink: specs: add partial specification for openvswitch

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Date:   Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:44:20 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...hat.com>
Cc:     Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/2] netlink: specs: add partial
 specification for openvswitch

On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:54:35 +0000 Donald Hunter wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:01:42 +0000 Donald Hunter wrote:  
> > > +user-header: ovs_header  
> >
> > Let's place this attr inside 'operations'?  
> 
> Ah, good point - can it vary per operation and should it be a property
> of each command?

We should allow both. Have tools/net/ynl/lib/nlspec.py expose it as 
a property of an operation, but let the spec writers only specify 
it once if each command uses the same format.