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

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Message-ID: <ZXX49ULoUPOznKhP@swarup-virtual-machine>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 23:14:21 +0530
From: swarup <swarupkotikalapudi@...il.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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

On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 12:47:25PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> 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?
>
Hi Jiri,

Yes it seems by default it starts with 1
e.g. below is test result when value is not added

git diff Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
index c3a438197964..9d0e684da574 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ attribute-sets:
     attributes:
       - name: stats-rx-packets
         type: u64
-        value: 0
       -
         name: stats-rx-bytes
         type: u64

sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml --do trap-get --json '{"bus-name": "netdevsim", "dev-name": "netdevsim1", "trap-name": "ttl_value_is_too_small"}' --process-unknown
{'bus-name': 'netdevsim',
 'dev-name': 'netdevsim1',
 'stats': {'UnknownAttr(0)': b'iW*\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00',
           'stats-rx-bytes': 62,
           'stats-rx-packets': 394034238},
 'trap-action': 'trap',
 'trap-generic': True,
 'trap-group-name': 'l3_exceptions',
 'trap-metadata': {'trap-metadata-type-in-port': True},
 'trap-name': 'ttl_value_is_too_small',
 'trap-type': 'exception'}

Thanks,
Swarup


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