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authorGravatar Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> 2023-10-10 09:48:10 +0200
committerGravatar Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 2023-10-11 13:25:05 -0700
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netlink: specs: don't allow version to be specified for genetlink
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> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231010074810.191177-1-jiri@resnulli.us Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/netlink')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/genetlink.yaml4
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
index 32736b2d8ae8..f9366aaddd21 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-c.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 ]
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml
index 25fe1379b180..a6a490333a1a 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 6ea1c947ce51..2b788e607a14 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 ]