netdev - Re: Netlink specs, help dealing with nested array

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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:56:17 +0200
From: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
To: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Netlink specs, help dealing with nested array

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:27:57 +0100
Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 at 16:19, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>  [...]  
>  [...]  
> >
> > You're (correctly) formatting your data as a basic multi-attr.
> > Instead of:
> >
> > +        name: c33-pse-pw-limit-ranges
> > +        name-prefix: ethtool-a-
> > +        type: indexed-array
> > +        sub-type: nest
> > +        nested-attributes: c33-pse-pw-limit
> >
> > use:
> >
> > +        name: c33-pse-pw-limit-ranges
> > +        name-prefix: ethtool-a-
> > +        type: nest
> > +        multi-attr: true
> > +        nested-attributes: c33-pse-pw-limit  
> 
> Ah yes, I was "fixing" things in the wrong direction. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks Donald and Jakub!
It is working better with the right netlink specs.

Regards,
-- 
Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
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