netdev - [PATCH v4 1/2] doc/netlink: Add max check to netlink-raw specification

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Message-ID: <41b6345fb3b5c493daae63fd2a7447fd8142ffa9.1763574466.git.one-d-wide@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:15:48 +0000
From: "Remy D. Farley" <one-d-wide@...tonmail.com>
To: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Remy D. Farley" <one-d-wide@...tonmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] doc/netlink: Add max check to netlink-raw specification

Suggested-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Remy D. Farley <one-d-wide@...tonmail.com>
---
 Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
index 0166a7e4a..dd98dda55 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ $defs:
     type: [ string, integer ]
     pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+( - 1)?$
     minimum: 0
+  len-or-limit:
+    # literal int, const name, or limit based on fixed-width type
+    # e.g. u8-min, u16-max, etc.
+    type: [ string, integer ]
+    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+$
+    minimum: 0
 
 # Schema for specs
 title: Protocol
@@ -270,7 +276,10 @@ properties:
                     type: string
                   min:
                     description: Min value for an integer attribute.
-                    type: integer
+                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-limit'
+                  max:
+                    description: Max value for an integer attribute.
+                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-limit'
                   min-len:
                     description: Min length for a binary attribute.
                     $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
-- 
2.50.1