netdev - [PATCH net-next 08/11] tools: ynl: move nest packing to a helper function

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Message-ID: <20250904220156.1006541-8-ast@fiberby.net>
Date: Thu,  4 Sep 2025 22:01:31 +0000
From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>,
	Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	wireguard@...ts.zx2c4.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 08/11] tools: ynl: move nest packing to a helper function

This patch moves nest packing into a helper function,
that can also be used for packing indexed arrays.

No behavioural changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>
---
 tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
index 8244a5f440b2..4928b41c636a 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -562,11 +562,8 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
 
         if attr["type"] == 'nest':
             nl_type |= Netlink.NLA_F_NESTED
-            attr_payload = b''
             sub_space = attr['nested-attributes']
-            sub_attrs = SpaceAttrs(self.attr_sets[sub_space], value, search_attrs)
-            for subname, subvalue in value.items():
-                attr_payload += self._add_attr(sub_space, subname, subvalue, sub_attrs)
+            attr_payload = self._add_nest_attrs(value, sub_space, search_attrs)
         elif attr["type"] == 'flag':
             if not value:
                 # If value is absent or false then skip attribute creation.
@@ -623,6 +620,14 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
         pad = b'\x00' * ((4 - len(attr_payload) % 4) % 4)
         return struct.pack('HH', len(attr_payload) + 4, nl_type) + attr_payload + pad
 
+    def _add_nest_attrs(self, value, sub_space, search_attrs):
+        sub_attrs = SpaceAttrs(self.attr_sets[sub_space], value, search_attrs)
+        attr_payload = b''
+        for subname, subvalue in value.items():
+            attr_payload += self._add_attr(sub_space, subname, subvalue,
+                                           sub_attrs)
+        return attr_payload
+
     def _get_enum_or_unknown(self, enum, raw):
         try:
             name = enum.entries_by_val[raw].name
-- 
2.51.0