netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 3/3] tools: ynl: allow user to pass enum string instead of scalar value

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Message-ID: <CAD4GDZwCQGX3guJUi-WsegTw7-EyEjEiM0mCvNRtFwJaCLLaeg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:19:13 +0000
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com, 
	swarupkotikalapudi@...il.com, sdf@...gle.com, lorenzo@...nel.org, 
	alessandromarcolini99@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 3/3] tools: ynl: allow user to pass enum
 string instead of scalar value

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 13:44, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
>
> During decoding of messages coming from kernel, attribute values are
> converted to enum names in case the attribute type is enum of bitfield32.
>
> However, when user constructs json message, he has to pass plain scalar
> values. See "state" "selector" and "value" attributes in following
> examples:
>
> $ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/dpll.yaml --do pin-set --json '{"id": 0, "parent-device": {"parent-id": 0, "state": 1}}'
> $ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml --do port-set --json '{"bus-name": "pci", "dev-name": "0000:08:00.1", "port-index": 98304, "port-function": {"caps": {"selector": 1, "value": 1 }}}'
>
> Allow user to pass strings containing enum names, convert them to scalar
> values to be encoded into Netlink message:
>
> $ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/dpll.yaml --do pin-set --json '{"id": 0, "parent-device": {"parent-id": 0, "state": "connected"}}'
> $ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/cli.py --spec Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml --do port-set --json '{"bus-name": "pci", "dev-name": "0000:08:00.1", "port-index": 98304, "port-function": {"caps": {"selector": ["roce-bit"], "value": ["roce-bit"] }}}'
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>