Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tools: ynl-gen: use big-endian netlink attribute types

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 21:39:41 -0700

Nice improvement! Since it technically missed net-next closing by a few
hours, let me nit pick a little..

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:55:54 +0000 Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
> diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
> index 717530bc9c52e..e26f2c3c40891 100755
> --- a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
> +++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class Type(SpecAttr):
>          self.attr = attr
>          self.attr_set = attr_set
>          self.type = attr['type']
> +        self.nla_type = self.type

is it worth introducing nla_type as Type attribute just for one user?
inside a netlink code generator meaning of nla_type may not be crystal
clear

>          self.checks = attr.get('checks', {})
>  
>          self.request = False
> @@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class Type(SpecAttr):
>          return '{ .type = ' + policy + ', }'
>  
>      def attr_policy(self, cw):
> -        policy = c_upper('nla-' + self.attr['type'])
> +        policy = c_upper('nla-' + self.nla_type)

We could just swap the type directly here?
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pw-bot: defer