From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
donald.hunter@gmail.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net,
razor@blackwall.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] netlink: specs: remove phantom structs
Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 01:40:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <174666845948.2418694.2377128711019323035.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250506194101.696272-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Tue, 6 May 2025 12:40:56 -0700 you wrote:
> rt-netlink and nl80211 have a few structs which may be helpful for Python
> decoding of binary attrs, but which don't actually exist in the C uAPI.
> This prevents us from using struct pointers for binary types in C.
>
> We could support this situation better in the codegen, or add these
> structs to uAPI. That said Johannes suggested we remove the WiFi
> structs for now, and the rt-link ones are semi-broken.
> Drop the struct definitions, for now, if someone has a need to use
> such structs in Python (as opposed to them being defined for completeness)
> we can revist.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v2,1/4] netlink: specs: nl80211: drop structs which are not uAPI
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f22e764d7775
- [net-next,v2,2/4] netlink: specs: ovs: correct struct names
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6c2422396d53
- [net-next,v2,3/4] netlink: specs: remove implicit structs for SNMP counters
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ab91c140bea9
- [net-next,v2,4/4] netlink: specs: rt-link: remove implicit structs from devconf
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/720447bd0b24
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-06 19:40 [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] netlink: specs: remove phantom structs Jakub Kicinski
2025-05-06 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] netlink: specs: nl80211: drop structs which are not uAPI Jakub Kicinski
2025-05-06 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/4] netlink: specs: ovs: correct struct names Jakub Kicinski
2025-05-06 19:40 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] netlink: specs: remove implicit structs for SNMP counters Jakub Kicinski
2025-05-07 10:54 ` Donald Hunter
2025-05-06 19:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/4] netlink: specs: rt-link: remove implicit structs from devconf Jakub Kicinski
2025-05-07 11:15 ` Donald Hunter
2025-05-08 1:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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