netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tools: ynl: fix string attribute length to include null terminator

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:06 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Petr Oros <poros@...hat.com>
Cc: donald.hunter@...il.com, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tools: ynl: fix string attribute length to include
 null
 terminator

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:24:38 +0200 you wrote:
> The ynl_attr_put_str() function was not including the null terminator
> in the attribute length calculation. This caused kernel to reject
> CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY requests with EINVAL:
> "Attribute failed policy validation".
> 
> For a 4-character family name like "dpll":
> - Sent: nla_len=8 (4 byte header + 4 byte string without null)
> - Expected: nla_len=9 (4 byte header + 5 byte string with null)
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] tools: ynl: fix string attribute length to include null terminator
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/65f9c4c58889

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