Re: [PATCH net 1/3] netlink: specs: mptcp: fix if-idx attribute type

[Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>]

"Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org> writes:

> This attribute is used as a signed number in the code in pm_netlink.c:
>
>   nla_put_s32(skb, MPTCP_ATTR_IF_IDX, ssk->sk_bound_dev_if))
>
> The specs should then reflect that. Note that other 'if-idx' attributes
> from the same .yaml file use a signed number as well.

Note that mptcp_pm_parse_entry has this, which should maybe be fixed at
the same time:

	u32 val = nla_get_s32(tb[MPTCP_PM_ADDR_ATTR_IF_IDX]);


https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16.5/source/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c#L116

>
> Fixes: bc8aeb2045e2 ("Documentation: netlink: add a YAML spec for mptcp")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/netlink/specs/mptcp_pm.yaml | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/mptcp_pm.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/mptcp_pm.yaml
> index 02f1ddcfbf1cfd81a398dd03c52bb9f281c1aa08..d15335684ec3d6256505f2b3887ce5818eb57462 100644
> --- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/mptcp_pm.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/mptcp_pm.yaml
> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ attribute-sets:
>          type: u32
>        -
>          name: if-idx
> -        type: u32
> +        type: s32
>        -
>          name: reset-reason
>          type: u32