From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net, donald.hunter@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
sdf@fomichev.me, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 3/5] tools: ynl: add short doc to class YnlFamily
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 17:53:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310005337.3594225-4-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310005337.3594225-1-kuba@kernel.org>
The class is quite long. It's getting hard to find the user-facing
methods. Add a short doc at the class level explaining the main API.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
index 17482c17a976..ec4d95f583fe 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -491,6 +491,32 @@ from .nlspec import SpecFamily
class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
+ """
+ YNL family -- a Netlink interface built from a YAML spec.
+
+ Primary use of the class is to execute Netlink commands:
+
+ ynl.<op_name>(attrs, ...)
+
+ By default this will execute the <op_name> as "do", pass dump=True
+ to perform a dump operation.
+
+ ynl.<op_name> is a shorthand / convenience wrapper for the following
+ methods which take the op_name as a string:
+
+ ynl.do(op_name, attrs, flags=None) -- execute a do operation
+ ynl.dump(op_name, attrs) -- execute a dump operation
+ ynl.do_multi(ops) -- batch multiple do operations
+
+ The flags argument in ynl.do() allows passing in extra NLM_F_* flags
+ which may be necessary for old families.
+
+ Notification API:
+
+ ynl.ntf_subscribe(mcast_name) -- join a multicast group
+ ynl.check_ntf() -- drain pending notifications
+ ynl.poll_ntf(duration=None) -- yield notifications
+ """
def __init__(self, def_path, schema=None, process_unknown=False,
recv_size=0):
super().__init__(def_path, schema)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 0:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 0:53 [PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: policy query support Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] tools: ynl: handle pad type during decode Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] tools: ynl: move policy decoding out of NlMsg Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] tools: ynl: add Python API for easier access to policies Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10 0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] tools: ynl: cli: add --policy support Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-11 2:40 ` [PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: policy query support patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-03-11 11:30 ` Donald Hunter
2026-03-11 18:35 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-12 17:17 ` Donald Hunter
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