From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
donald.hunter@gmail.com, ast@fiberby.net
Subject: [PATCH net v2 07/10] tools: ynl: add scope qualifier for definitions
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 12:29:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260510192904.3987113-8-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260510192904.3987113-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Using definitions in kernel policies is awkward right now.
On one hand we want defines for max values and such.
On the other we don't have a way of adding kernel-only defines.
Adding unnecessary defines to uAPI is a bad idea, we won't
be able to delete them. And when it comes to policy user
space should just query it via the policy dump, not use
hard coded defines.
Add a "scope" property to definitions, which will let us tell
the codegen that a definition is for kernel use only. Support
following values:
- uapi: render into the uAPI header (default, today's behavior)
- kernel: render to kernel header only
- user: same as kernel but for the user-side generated header
Definitions may have a header property (definition is "external",
provided by existing header). Extend the scope to headers, too.
If definition has both scope and header properties we will only
generate the includes in the right scope.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
This will fail yamllint, sticking to the same format as the rest
of the file (extra spaces inside brackets).
CC: donald.hunter@gmail.com
CC: ast@fiberby.net
---
Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml | 9 ++++++
Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml | 9 ++++++
Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml | 9 ++++++
Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml | 9 ++++++
tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++--
5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
index 57f59fe23e3f..4ea31e8fc4d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ additionalProperties: False
header:
description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
type: string
+ scope:
+ description: |
+ Visibility of this definition. "uapi" (default) renders into
+ the uAPI header, "kernel" renders into the kernel-side
+ generated header, "user" renders into the user-side
+ generated header. When combined with `header:`, the
+ definition is not rendered, and the named header is
+ included only by code matching the scope.
+ enum: [ uapi, kernel, user ]
type:
enum: [ const, enum, flags ]
doc:
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index 66fb8653a344..f9c44747729a 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ additionalProperties: False
header:
description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
type: string
+ scope:
+ description: |
+ Visibility of this definition. "uapi" (default) renders into
+ the uAPI header, "kernel" renders into the kernel-side
+ generated header, "user" renders into the user-side
+ generated header. When combined with `header:`, the
+ definition is not rendered, and the named header is
+ included only by code matching the scope.
+ enum: [ uapi, kernel, user ]
type:
enum: [ const, enum, flags, struct ] # Trim
doc:
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
index a1194d5d93fc..d3f3f3399ddf 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ additionalProperties: False
header:
description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
type: string
+ scope:
+ description: |
+ Visibility of this definition. "uapi" (default) renders into
+ the uAPI header, "kernel" renders into the kernel-side
+ generated header, "user" renders into the user-side
+ generated header. When combined with `header:`, the
+ definition is not rendered, and the named header is
+ included only by code matching the scope.
+ enum: [ uapi, kernel, user ]
type:
enum: [ const, enum, flags ]
doc:
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
index dd98dda55bd0..4c436b59a34b 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/netlink-raw.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ additionalProperties: False
header:
description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
type: string
+ scope:
+ description: |
+ Visibility of this definition. "uapi" (default) renders into
+ the uAPI header, "kernel" renders into the kernel-side
+ generated header, "user" renders into the user-side
+ generated header. When combined with `header:`, the
+ definition is not rendered, and the named header is
+ included only by code matching the scope.
+ enum: [ uapi, kernel, user ]
type:
enum: [ const, enum, flags, struct ] # Trim
doc:
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
index 0e1e486c1185..cdc3646f2642 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
@@ -3212,6 +3212,8 @@ _C_KW = {
for const in family['definitions']:
if const.get('header'):
continue
+ if const.get('scope', 'uapi') != 'uapi':
+ continue
if const['type'] != 'const':
cw.writes_defines(defines)
@@ -3339,6 +3341,25 @@ _C_KW = {
cw.p(f'#endif /* {hdr_prot} */')
+def render_scoped_consts(family, cw, scope):
+ defines = []
+ for const in family['definitions']:
+ if const['type'] != 'const':
+ continue
+ if const.get('header'):
+ continue
+ if const.get('scope') != scope:
+ continue
+ name_pfx = const.get('name-prefix', f"{family.ident_name}-")
+ defines.append([
+ c_upper(family.get('c-define-name',
+ f"{name_pfx}{const['name']}")),
+ const['value']])
+ if defines:
+ cw.writes_defines(defines)
+ cw.nl()
+
+
def _render_user_ntf_entry(ri, op):
if not ri.family.is_classic():
ri.cw.block_start(line=f"[{op.enum_name}] = ")
@@ -3504,8 +3525,12 @@ _C_KW = {
cw.p('#include "ynl.h"')
headers = []
for definition in parsed['definitions'] + parsed['attribute-sets']:
- if 'header' in definition:
- headers.append(definition['header'])
+ if 'header' not in definition:
+ continue
+ scope = definition.get('scope', 'uapi')
+ if scope != 'uapi' and scope != args.mode:
+ continue
+ headers.append(definition['header'])
if args.mode == 'user':
headers.append(parsed.uapi_header)
seen_header = []
@@ -3522,6 +3547,7 @@ _C_KW = {
for one in args.user_header:
cw.p(f'#include "{one}"')
else:
+ render_scoped_consts(parsed, cw, 'user')
cw.p('struct ynl_sock;')
cw.nl()
render_user_family(parsed, cw, True)
@@ -3529,6 +3555,7 @@ _C_KW = {
if args.mode == "kernel":
if args.header:
+ render_scoped_consts(parsed, cw, 'kernel')
for _, struct in sorted(parsed.pure_nested_structs.items()):
if struct.request:
cw.p('/* Common nested types */')
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-10 19:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-10 19:28 [PATCH net v2 00/10] net: shaper: fix various minor bugs Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:28 ` [PATCH net v2 01/10] net: shaper: flip the polarity of the valid flag Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:28 ` [PATCH net v2 02/10] net: shaper: fix trivial ordering issue in net_shaper_commit() Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:28 ` [PATCH net v2 03/10] net: shaper: reject duplicate leaves in GROUP request Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:28 ` [PATCH net v2 04/10] selftests: drv-net: add shaper test for duplicate leaves Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:28 ` [PATCH net v2 05/10] net: shaper: set ret to -ENOMEM when genlmsg_new() fails in group_doit Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:29 ` [PATCH net v2 06/10] net: shaper: fix undersized reply skb allocation in GROUP command Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:29 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-05-10 19:29 ` [PATCH net v2 08/10] net: shaper: reject handle IDs exceeding internal bit-width Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:29 ` [PATCH net v2 09/10] net: shaper: enforce singleton NETDEV scope with id 0 Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-10 19:29 ` [PATCH net v2 10/10] net: shaper: reject QUEUE scope handle with missing id Jakub Kicinski
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