From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>,
Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 01/14] devlink: define enum for attr types of dynamic attributes
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:55:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250422075524.3bef2b46@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v6p7dcbtka6juf2ibero7ivimuhfbxs37uf5qihjbq4un4bdm6@ofdo34scswqq>
On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:14:36 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >Ugh, I thought enum netlink_attribute_type matches the values :|
> >And user space uses MNL_ types.
> >
> >Please don't invent _DYN_ATTR at least. Why not PARAM_TYPE ?
>
> Because it is used for both params and health reporters (fmsg).
I see. Still, a better name is needed. "Dynamic" sounds too positive,
and the construct is a dead end and a misunderstanding of netlink.
Coincidentally - you added it to the YNL spec but didn't set it for
the attrs that carry the values of the enum.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-22 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-14 19:59 [PATCH net-next V2 00/14] devlink, mlx5: Add new parameters for link management and SRIOV/eSwitch configurations Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 01/14] devlink: define enum for attr types of dynamic attributes Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-17 1:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-04-18 10:26 ` Jiri Pirko
2025-04-19 0:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-04-22 9:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2025-04-22 14:55 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-04-23 11:12 ` Jiri Pirko
2025-04-23 22:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-04-24 9:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 02/14] devlink: Add 'total_vfs' generic device param Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 03/14] net/mlx5: Implement cqe_compress_type via devlink params Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 04/14] net/mlx5: Implement devlink enable_sriov parameter Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-15 7:20 ` Jiri Pirko
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 05/14] net/mlx5: Implement devlink total_vfs parameter Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 06/14] devlink: pass struct devlink_port * as arg to devlink_nl_param_fill() Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 07/14] devlink: Implement port params registration Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 08/14] devlink: Implement get/dump netlink commands for port params Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 09/14] devlink: Implement set netlink command " Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 10/14] devlink: Add 'keep_link_up' generic devlink device param Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 11/14] net/mlx5: Implement devlink keep_link_up port parameter Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 12/14] devlink: Throw extack messages on param value validation error Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 13/14] devlink: Implement devlink param multi attribute nested data values Saeed Mahameed
2025-04-14 19:59 ` [PATCH net-next V2 14/14] net/mlx5: Implement eSwitch hairpin per prio buffers devlink params Saeed Mahameed
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