netdev - Re: [PATCH net 06/10] netlink: specs: ovs_flow: replace underscores with dashes in names

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Message-ID: <m234bocfmd.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:52:42 +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,
  i.maximets@....org,  amorenoz@...hat.com,  echaudro@...hat.com,
  michal.kubiak@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 06/10] netlink: specs: ovs_flow: 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: 93b230b549bc ("netlink: specs: add ynl spec for ovs_flow")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

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