From: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Andrew Lunn" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"Donald Hunter" <donald.hunter@gmail.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Maurer" <mmaurer@google.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] rust: netlink: add raw netlink abstraction
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 15:39:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiQ_T4g2mdHwcxmp@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529-binder-netlink-v6-2-92dd74b6a32e@google.com>
On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 01:28:39PM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> This implements a safe and relatively simple API over the netlink API,
> that allows you to add different attributes to a netlink message and
> broadcast it. As the first user of this API only makes use of broadcast,
> only broadcast messages are supported here.
>
> This API is intended to be safe and to be easy to use in *generated*
> code. This is because netlink is generally used with yaml files that
> describe the underlying API, and the python generator outputs C code
> (or, soon, Rust code) that lets you use the API more easily. So for
> example, if there is a string field, the code generator will output a
> method that internall calls `put_string()` with the right attr type.
>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-06 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 13:28 [PATCH v6 0/3] Rust netlink support + use in Rust Binder Alice Ryhl
2026-05-29 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] rust: net: add rust/kernel/net to NETWORKING [GENERAL] Alice Ryhl
2026-06-02 19:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-06 15:39 ` Carlos Llamas
2026-05-29 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] rust: netlink: add raw netlink abstraction Alice Ryhl
2026-06-02 20:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-06 15:39 ` Carlos Llamas [this message]
2026-05-29 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] rust_binder: report netlink transactions Alice Ryhl
2026-06-06 15:40 ` Carlos Llamas
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