netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5] netlink: specs: devlink: add some(not all) missing attributes in devlink.yaml

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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:47:25 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: swarup <swarupkotikalapudi@...il.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5] netlink: specs: devlink: add some(not all)
 missing attributes in devlink.yaml

Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 07:30:05PM CET, swarupkotikalapudi@...il.com wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 08:06:11AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 08:51:54 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> > My "suggested-by" is probably fine as I suggested Swarup to make the patch :)
>> 
>> Ah, I didn't realize, sorry :) Just mine needs to go then.
>
>Hi Jiri,
>
>Please find answer for some quesion from you.
>
>1. I removed the Fixes tag.
>
>2. I removed Jakub's name from Suggested-by tag.
>
>3. I added new line as suggested.
>
>   value: ## or number, is used only if there is a gap or
>   missing attribute just above of any attribute which is not yet filled.    
>
>4. dl-attr-stats has a value 0 as shown below for this reason:
>    name: dl-attr-stats
>    name-prefix: devlink-attr-
>    attributes:
>      - name: stats-rx-packets
>        type: u64
>        value: 0 <-- 0 is added here due to below mentioned reason
>                     but mainly to match order of stats unnamed enum declared in include/uapi/linux/devlink.h

So, by default, it starts with 1?


>      -
>        name: stats-rx-bytes
>        type: u64
>      -
>        name: stats-rx-dropped
>        type: u64