netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/13] netlink: specs: rt-route: remove the fixed members from attrs

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Message-ID: <1c855f1e-8d7d-4c01-889c-533733d54174@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 21:58:52 -0700
From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, <horms@...nel.org>, <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
	<yuyanghuang@...gle.com>, <sdf@...ichev.me>, <gnault@...hat.com>,
	<nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>, <petrm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/13] netlink: specs: rt-route: remove the fixed
 members from attrs



On 4/8/2025 5:03 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> The purpose of the attribute list is to list the attributes
> which will be included in a given message to shrink the objects
> for families with huge attr spaces. Fixed structs are always
> present in their entirety so there's no point in listing
> their members. Current C codegen doesn't expect them and
> tries to look up the names in the attribute space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>