netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 7/7] docs: netlink: document the sub-type attribute property

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Message-ID: <m21qlaipca.fsf@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:13:41 +0100
From:   Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        donald.hunter@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 7/7] docs: netlink: document the sub-type
 attribute property

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:19:00 +0000 Donald Hunter wrote:
>> +sub-type
>> +~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +Attributes can have a ``sub-type`` that is interpreted in a ``type``
>> +specific way. For example, an attribute with ``type: binary`` can have
>> +``sub-type: u32`` which says to interpret the binary blob as an array of
>> +``u32``. Binary types are described in more detail in
>> +:doc:`genetlink-legacy`.
>
> I think sub-type is only used for arrays? How about:
>
>  Legacy families have special ways of expressing arrays. ``sub-type``
>  can be used to define the type of array members in case array members
>  are not fully defined as attributes (in a bona fide attribute space).
>  For instance a C array of u32 values can be specified with 
>  ``type: binary`` and ``sub-type: u32``. Binary types and legacy array
>  formats are described in more detail in :doc:`genetlink-legacy`.

I'll use this text verbatim. Thanks.