netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/9] tools: ynl-gen: submsg: render the structs

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Message-ID: <m2tt5kn8y4.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 11:31:15 +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,
  daniel@...earbox.net,  nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
  jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/9] tools: ynl-gen: submsg: render the structs

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

> The easiest (or perhaps only sane) way to support submessages in C
> is to treat them as if they were nests. Build fake attributes to
> that effect in the codegen. Render the submsg as a big nest of all
> possible values.
>
> With this in place the main missing part is to hook in the switch
> which selects how to parse based on the key.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

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