netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/11] netlink: specs: tc: drop the family name prefix from attrs

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Message-ID: <m2wmaejb03.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 14:37:16 +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,
  jacob.e.keller@...el.com,  sdf@...ichev.me,  jstancek@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/11] netlink: specs: tc: drop the family name
 prefix from attrs

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

> All attribute sets and messages are prefixed with tc-.
> The C codegen also adds the family name to all structs.
> We end up with names like struct tc_tc_act_attrs.
> Remove the tc- prefixes to shorten the names.
> This should not impact Python as the attr set names
> are never exposed to user, they are only used to refer
> to things internally, in the encoder / decoder.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

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