Re: [PATCH net-next 06/11] tools: ynl-gen: don't validate nested array attribute types

On 9/4/2025 3:01 PM, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
> In nested arrays don't require that the intermediate
> attribute type should be a valid attribute type, it
> might just be an index or simple 0, it is often not
> even used.
> 
> See include/net/netlink.h about NLA_NESTED_ARRAY:
>> The difference to NLA_NESTED is the structure:
>> NLA_NESTED has the nested attributes directly inside
>> while an array has the nested attributes at another
>> level down and the attribute types directly in the
>> nesting don't matter.
> 

To me, it would seem like it makes more sense to define these (even if
thats defined per family?) than to just say they aren't defined at all?

Hm.

> Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <[email protected]>
> ---
>  tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
> index e6a84e13ec0a..3c0b158c4da8 100755
> --- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
> +++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ynl_gen_c.py
> @@ -834,11 +834,12 @@ class TypeArrayNest(Type):
>      def _attr_get(self, ri, var):
>          local_vars = ['const struct nlattr *attr2;']
>          get_lines = [f'attr_{self.c_name} = attr;',
> -                     'ynl_attr_for_each_nested(attr2, attr) {',
> -                     '\tif (ynl_attr_validate(yarg, attr2))',
> -                     '\t\treturn YNL_PARSE_CB_ERROR;',
> -                     f'\tn_{self.c_name}++;',
> -                     '}']
> +                     'ynl_attr_for_each_nested(attr2, attr) {']
> +        if self.attr['sub-type'] != 'nest':
> +            get_lines.append('\tif (ynl_attr_validate(yarg, attr2))')
> +            get_lines.append('\t\treturn YNL_PARSE_CB_ERROR;')
> +        get_lines.append(f'\tn_{self.c_name}++;')
> +        get_lines.append('}')
>          return get_lines, None, local_vars
>  
>      def attr_put(self, ri, var):

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