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diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
index 3d338c48bf21..b020a537d8ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.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
@@ -23,13 +32,9 @@ additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
description: Name of the genetlink family.
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
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 ]
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ properties:
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
header:
description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
type: string
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ properties:
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
value:
type: integer
doc:
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ 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-
@@ -115,14 +120,15 @@ properties:
type: array
items:
type: object
- required: [ name, type ]
+ required: [ name ]
additionalProperties: False
properties:
name:
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
type: &attr-type
- enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
- string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
+ enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary,
+ 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
@@ -160,20 +166,26 @@ 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'
sub-type: *attr-type
display-hint: &display-hint
description: |
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 ]
# Make sure name-prefix does not appear in subsets (subsets inherit naming)
dependencies:
@@ -184,6 +196,18 @@ 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
@@ -222,7 +246,7 @@ 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
@@ -244,6 +268,11 @@ properties:
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
do: &subop-type
description: Main command handler.
type: object
@@ -301,5 +330,24 @@ properties:
name:
description: |
The name for the group, used to form the define and the value of the define.
- type: string
+ $ref: '#/$defs/name'
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