[PATCH net-next 0/7] ynl: add ignore-index flag for indexed-array
From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <hidden>
Date: 2025-10-22 18:27:22
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This patchset adds a way to mark if an indedex array is just an array, and the index is uninteresting, as previously discussed[1]. Which is the case in most of the indexed-arrays in the current specs. As the name indexed-array kinda implies that the index is interesting, then I am using `ignore-index` to mark if the index is unused. This adds some noise to YNL, and as it's only few indexed-arrays which actually use the index, then if we can come up with some good naming, it may be better to reverse it so it's the default behaviour. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/7fff6b2f-f17e-4179-8507-397b76ea24bb@intel.com/ (local) Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen (7): netlink: specs: add ignore-index flag for indexed-array tools: ynl: support ignore-index in indexed-array decoding tools: ynl: support ignore-index in indexed-array encoding netlink: specs: nl80211: set ignore-index on indexed-arrays netlink: specs: nlctrl: set ignore-index on indexed-arrays netlink: specs: rt-link: set ignore-index on indexed-arrays netlink: specs: tc: set ignore-index on indexed-arrays Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml | 6 ++++++ Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml | 6 ++++++ Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml | 6 ++++++ Documentation/netlink/specs/nl80211.yaml | 8 ++++++++ Documentation/netlink/specs/nlctrl.yaml | 2 ++ Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml | 2 ++ Documentation/netlink/specs/tc.yaml | 1 + .../userspace-api/netlink/genetlink-legacy.rst | 3 +++ tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py | 18 ++++++++++++------ 9 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) -- 2.51.0