1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index a8c5b521937d..b29d62eefa16 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ $schema: https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema
 
 # Common defines
 $defs:
+  name:
+    type: string
+    pattern: ^[0-9a-z-]+$
   uint:
     type: integer
     minimum: 0
@@ -76,7 +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
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ properties:
                 additionalProperties: False
                 properties:
                   name:
-                    type: string
+                    $ref: '#/$defs/name'
                   value:
                     type: integer
                   doc:
@@ -132,7 +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 ]
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ 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-
@@ -193,6 +196,9 @@ 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.
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ properties:
             additionalProperties: False
             properties:
               name:
-                type: string
+                $ref: '#/$defs/name'
               type: &attr-type
                 description: The netlink attribute type
                 enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, bitfield32,
@@ -345,7 +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