From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen" <ast@fiberby.net>
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
wireguard@lists.zx2c4.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/11] tools: ynl-gen: don't validate nested array attribute types
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 17:23:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250905172334.0411e05e@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250904220156.1006541-6-ast@fiberby.net>
On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 22:01:29 +0000 Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
> In nested arrays don't require that the intermediate
> attribute type should be a valid attribute type, it
> might just be an index or simple 0, it is often not
> even used.
>
> See include/net/netlink.h about NLA_NESTED_ARRAY:
> > The difference to NLA_NESTED is the structure:
> > NLA_NESTED has the nested attributes directly inside
> > while an array has the nested attributes at another
> > level down and the attribute types directly in the
> > nesting don't matter.
I don't understand, please provide more details.
This is an ArrayNest, right?
[ARRAY-ATTR]
[ENTRY]
[MEMBER1]
[MEMBER2]
[ENTRY]
[MEMBER1]
[MEMBER2]
Which level are you saying doesn't matter?
If entry is a nest it must be a valid nest.
What the comment you're quoting is saying is that the nla_type of ENTRY
doesn't matter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-06 0:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-04 22:01 [PATCH net-next 00/11] tools: ynl: prepare for wireguard Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 01/11] tools: ynl-gen: allow overriding name-prefix for constants Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:36 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-06 0:15 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 02/11] tools: ynl-gen: generate nested array policies Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:37 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:09 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-06 0:19 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-06 14:13 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-08 7:54 ` Johannes Berg
2025-09-08 9:08 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-08 13:22 ` Johannes Berg
2025-09-09 23:02 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 03/11] tools: ynl-gen: add sub-type check Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:37 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:12 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-06 0:20 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 04/11] tools: ynl-gen: define count iterator in print_dump() Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:37 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:13 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-06 0:20 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 05/11] tools: ynl-gen: define nlattr *array in a block scope Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:44 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:18 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-06 13:13 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-06 19:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-11 0:01 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-11 0:27 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 06/11] tools: ynl-gen: don't validate nested array attribute types Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-06 0:23 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-09-06 13:22 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-06 19:29 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-06 0:24 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-06 15:10 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-08 7:55 ` Johannes Berg
2025-09-10 16:58 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 07/11] tools: ynl-gen: rename TypeArrayNest to TypeIndexedArray Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:44 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 08/11] tools: ynl: move nest packing to a helper function Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:45 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 09/11] tools: ynl: encode indexed-array Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:49 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-05 15:34 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 10/11] tools: ynl: decode hex input Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:51 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 0:27 ` Jacob Keller
2025-09-06 14:31 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-08 8:28 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-09 18:10 ` Sabrina Dubroca
2025-09-09 20:18 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-04 22:01 ` [PATCH net-next 11/11] tools: ynl: add ipv4-or-v6 display hint Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
2025-09-05 10:53 ` Donald Hunter
2025-09-06 15:59 ` Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen
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