netdev - Re: [PATCH net 05/10] netlink: specs: devlink: replace underscores with dashes in names

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Message-ID: <m27c10cfmw.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:52:23 +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,
  jiri@...nulli.us,  kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com,
  saeedm@...dia.com,  jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 05/10] netlink: specs: devlink: replace underscores
 with dashes in names

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

> We're trying to add a strict regexp for the name format in the spec.
> Underscores will not be allowed, dashes should be used instead.
> This makes no difference to C (codegen, if used, replaces special
> chars in names) but it gives more uniform naming in Python.
>
> Fixes: 429ac6211494 ("devlink: define enum for attr types of dynamic attributes")
> Fixes: f2f9dd164db0 ("netlink: specs: devlink: add the remaining command to generate complete split_ops")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

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