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diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index 12a0a045605d..66fb8653a344 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -6,12 +6,21 @@ $schema: https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema
# Common defines
$defs:
+ name:
+ type: string
+ pattern: ^[0-9a-z-]+$
uint:
type: integer
minimum: 0
len-or-define:
type: [ string, integer ]
- pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_]+( - 1)?$
+ 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
@@ -26,10 +35,6 @@ properties:
type: string
doc:
type: string
- version:
- description: Generic Netlink family version. Default is 1.
- type: integer
- minimum: 1
protocol:
description: Schema compatibility level. Default is "genetlink".
enum: [ genetlink, genetlink-c, genetlink-legacy ] # Trim
@@ -46,6 +51,12 @@ properties:
max-by-define:
description: Makes the number of attributes and commands be specified by a define, not an enum value.
type: boolean
+ cmd-max-name:
+ description: Name of the define for the last operation in the list.
+ type: string
+ cmd-cnt-name:
+ description: The explicit name for constant holding the count of operations (last operation + 1).
+ type: string
# End genetlink-c
# Start genetlink-legacy
kernel-policy:
@@ -53,6 +64,10 @@ properties:
Defines if the input policy in the kernel is global, per-operation, or split per operation type.
Default is split.
enum: [ split, per-op, global ]
+ version:
+ description: Generic Netlink family version. Default is 1.
+ type: integer
+ minimum: 1
# End genetlink-legacy
definitions:
@@ -64,7 +79,7 @@ properties:
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
header:
description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
type: string
@@ -91,7 +106,7 @@ properties:
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
value:
type: integer
doc:
@@ -106,6 +121,9 @@ properties:
name-prefix:
description: For enum the prefix of the values, optional.
type: string
+ enum-cnt-name:
+ description: Name of the render-max counter enum entry.
+ type: string
# End genetlink-c
# Start genetlink-legacy
members:
@@ -117,7 +135,7 @@ properties:
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
type:
description: The netlink attribute type
enum: [ u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64, string, binary ]
@@ -136,7 +154,10 @@ properties:
Optional format indicator that is intended only for choosing
the right formatting mechanism when displaying values of this
type.
- enum: [ hex, mac, fddi, ipv4, ipv6, uuid ]
+ enum: [ hex, mac, fddi, ipv4, ipv6, ipv4-or-v6, uuid ]
+ struct:
+ description: Name of the nested struct type.
+ type: string
# End genetlink-legacy
attribute-sets:
@@ -151,14 +172,15 @@ properties:
name:
description: |
Name used when referring to this space in other definitions, not used outside of the spec.
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
name-prefix:
description: |
Prefix for the C enum name of the attributes. Default family[name]-set[name]-a-
type: string
enum-name:
- description: Name for the enum type of the attribute.
- type: string
+ description: |
+ Name for the enum type of the attribute, if empty no name will be used.
+ type: [ string, "null" ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the space.
type: string
@@ -174,21 +196,25 @@ properties:
attr-max-name:
description: The explicit name for last member of attribute enum.
type: string
+ header:
+ description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this attribute set.
+ type: string
# End genetlink-c
attributes:
description: List of attributes in the space.
type: array
items:
type: object
- required: [ name, type ]
+ required: [ name ]
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
type: &attr-type
description: The netlink attribute type
- enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
- string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
+ enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, bitfield32,
+ uint, sint, u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64,
+ string, nest, indexed-array, nest-type-value ]
doc:
description: Documentation of the attribute.
type: string
@@ -226,13 +252,24 @@ 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'
max-len:
description: Max length for a string or a binary attribute.
$ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
+ exact-len:
+ description: Exact length for a string or a binary attribute.
+ $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
+ unterminated-ok:
+ description: |
+ For string attributes, do not check whether attribute
+ contains the terminating null character.
+ type: boolean
sub-type: *attr-type
display-hint: *display-hint
# Start genetlink-c
@@ -254,6 +291,18 @@ properties:
not:
required: [ name-prefix ]
+ # type property is only required if not in subset definition
+ if:
+ properties:
+ subset-of:
+ not:
+ type: string
+ then:
+ properties:
+ attributes:
+ items:
+ required: [ type ]
+
operations:
description: Operations supported by the protocol.
type: object
@@ -274,14 +323,16 @@ properties:
the prefix with the upper case name of the command, with dashes replaced by underscores.
type: string
enum-name:
- description: Name for the enum type with commands.
- type: string
+ description: |
+ Name for the enum type with commands, if empty no name will be used.
+ type: [ string, "null" ]
async-prefix:
description: Same as name-prefix but used to render notifications and events to separate enum.
type: string
async-enum:
- description: Name for the enum type with notifications/events.
- type: string
+ description: |
+ Name for the enum type with commands, if empty no name will be used.
+ type: [ string, "null" ]
# Start genetlink-legacy
fixed-header: &fixed-header
description: |
@@ -300,7 +351,7 @@ properties:
properties:
name:
description: Name of the operation, also defining its C enum value in uAPI.
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
doc:
description: Documentation for the command.
type: string
@@ -316,12 +367,17 @@ properties:
description: Command flags.
type: array
items:
- enum: [ admin-perm ]
+ enum: [ admin-perm, uns-admin-perm ]
dont-validate:
description: Kernel attribute validation flags.
type: array
items:
enum: [ strict, dump, dump-strict ]
+ config-cond:
+ description: |
+ Name of the kernel config option gating the presence of
+ the operation, without the 'CONFIG_' prefix.
+ type: string
# Start genetlink-legacy
fixed-header: *fixed-header
# End genetlink-legacy
@@ -396,3 +452,22 @@ properties:
type: string
# End genetlink-c
flags: *cmd_flags
+
+ kernel-family:
+ description: Additional global attributes used for kernel C code generation.
+ type: object
+ additionalProperties: False
+ properties:
+ headers:
+ description: |
+ List of extra headers which should be included in the source
+ of the generated code.
+ type: array
+ items:
+ type: string
+ sock-priv:
+ description: |
+ Literal name of the type which is used within the kernel
+ to store the socket state. The type / structure is internal
+ to the kernel, and is not defined in the spec.
+ type: string