netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3 3/4] netlink: specs: rt_addr: pull the ifa- prefix out of the names

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Message-ID: <m28qohhc9k.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:36:55 +0100
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,  netdev@...r.kernel.org,  edumazet@...gle.com,
  pabeni@...hat.com,  andrew+netdev@...n.ch,  horms@...nel.org,
  yuyanghuang@...gle.com,  jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 3/4] netlink: specs: rt_addr: pull the ifa-
 prefix out of the names

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

> YAML specs don't normally include the C prefix name in the name
> of the YAML attr. Remove the ifa- prefix from all attributes
> in addr-attrs and specify name-prefix instead.
>
> This is a bit risky, hopefully there aren't many users out there.
>
> Fixes: dfb0f7d9d979 ("doc/netlink: Add spec for rt addr messages")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
> v3:
>  - don't remove prefix from the struct name

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