Subject: Re: [RFC] netlink: add variable-length / auto integers

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:21:07 -0700

On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:01:53 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 06:16:24PM CEST, [email-masked] wrote:
> >No, fixed types are still allowed, just discouraged.  
> 
> Why?

The only legit use case that comes to mind is protocol
fields which have strictly-defined size. People like
to mirror their size into netlink, for better or worse.

> Is there goint to be warn in ynl gen?

Just a comment in the docs:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email-masked]/