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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 08/13] tools: ynl-gen: only validate nested
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:05:01 +0000 Asbj=C3=B8rn Sloth T=C3=B8nnesen wrote:
> +int ynl_attr_validate_payload(struct ynl_parse_arg *yarg,
> +			      const struct nlattr *attr, unsigned int type)
> +{
> +	return __ynl_attr_validate(yarg, attr, type);
> +}

Why not expose __ynl_attr_validate() to the callers?
I don't think the _payload() suffix is crystal clear, we're still
validating attr, _payload() makes it sound like we're validating
what's inside attr?