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* [patch net-next] netlink: specs: don't allow version to be specified for genetlink
@ 2023-10-09 15:49 Jiri Pirko
  2023-10-10  1:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jiri Pirko @ 2023-10-09 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: kuba, pabeni, davem, edumazet

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>

There is no good reason to specify the version for new protocols.
Forbid it in genetlink schema.

If the future proves me wrong, this restriction could be easily lifted.

Move the version definition in between legacy properties
in genetlink-legacy.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
---
 Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml | 8 ++++----
 Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml        | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index 12a0a045605d..6300222f6c84 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ properties:
     type: string
   doc:
     type: string
-  version:
-    description: Generic Netlink family version. Default is 1.
-    type: integer
-    minimum: 1
   protocol:
     description: Schema compatibility level. Default is "genetlink".
     enum: [ genetlink, genetlink-c, genetlink-legacy ] # Trim
@@ -53,6 +49,10 @@ properties:
       Defines if the input policy in the kernel is global, per-operation, or split per operation type.
       Default is split.
     enum: [ split, per-op, global ]
+  version:
+    description: Generic Netlink family version. Default is 1.
+    type: integer
+    minimum: 1
   # End genetlink-legacy
 
   definitions:
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
index 3d338c48bf21..f1427d7e3b4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ properties:
     type: string
   doc:
     type: string
-  version:
-    description: Generic Netlink family version. Default is 1.
-    type: integer
-    minimum: 1
   protocol:
     description: Schema compatibility level. Default is "genetlink".
     enum: [ genetlink ]
-- 
2.41.0


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