From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Christoph Böhmwalder" <christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>,
Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] tools: ynl-gen-c: optionally emit structs and helpers
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:35:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260414083548.02f76970@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ad4ox7ibZoiW-tje@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:08:58 +0200 Christoph Böhmwalder wrote:
> But we still need to support the current family via a compat path, and
> I would much rather have two YNL-based families than one genl_magic and
> one YNL-based. Carrying both sounds like a nightmare.
>
> So the spec proposed in this series would never actually be used to
> generate a userspace client, if that's what you're asking. We would
> continue to use the current libgenl-based approach, with some userspace
> compat shims to make it work with YNL. Then, when "drbd2" comes along,
> we could "do things properly".
Let's jump to the drbd2 work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-14 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 17:33 [PATCH 0/4] drbd: switch from genl_magic to YNL Christoph Böhmwalder
2026-04-07 17:33 ` [PATCH 1/4] drbd: move UAPI headers to include/uapi/linux/ Christoph Böhmwalder
2026-04-07 17:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] tools: ynl-gen-c: optionally emit structs and helpers Christoph Böhmwalder
2026-04-12 19:55 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-13 11:48 ` Christoph Böhmwalder
2026-04-13 17:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-04-14 12:08 ` Christoph Böhmwalder
2026-04-14 15:35 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-04-07 17:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] drbd: add YNL genetlink specification Christoph Böhmwalder
2026-04-07 17:33 ` [PATCH 4/4] drbd: switch from genl_magic macros to YNL-generated code Christoph Böhmwalder
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