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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
2%YAML 1.2
3---
4$id: http://kernel.org/schemas/netlink/genetlink-legacy.yaml#
5$schema: https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema
6
7# Common defines
8$defs:
9  uint:
10    type: integer
11    minimum: 0
12  len-or-define:
13    type: [ string, integer ]
14    pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]+( - 1)?$
15    minimum: 0
16  len-or-limit:
17    # literal int or limit based on fixed-width type e.g. u8-min, u16-max, etc.
18    type: [ string, integer ]
19    pattern: ^[su](8|16|32|64)-(min|max)$
20    minimum: 0
21
22# Schema for specs
23title: Protocol
24description: Specification of a genetlink protocol
25type: object
26required: [ name, doc, attribute-sets, operations ]
27additionalProperties: False
28properties:
29  name:
30    description: Name of the genetlink family.
31    type: string
32  doc:
33    type: string
34  protocol:
35    description: Schema compatibility level. Default is "genetlink".
36    enum: [ genetlink ]
37  uapi-header:
38    description: Path to the uAPI header, default is linux/${family-name}.h
39    type: string
40
41  definitions:
42    description: List of type and constant definitions (enums, flags, defines).
43    type: array
44    items:
45      type: object
46      required: [ type, name ]
47      additionalProperties: False
48      properties:
49        name:
50          type: string
51        header:
52          description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
53          type: string
54        type:
55          enum: [ const, enum, flags ]
56        doc:
57          type: string
58        # For const
59        value:
60          description: For const - the value.
61          type: [ string, integer ]
62        # For enum and flags
63        value-start:
64          description: For enum or flags the literal initializer for the first value.
65          type: [ string, integer ]
66        entries:
67          description: For enum or flags array of values.
68          type: array
69          items:
70            oneOf:
71              - type: string
72              - type: object
73                required: [ name ]
74                additionalProperties: False
75                properties:
76                  name:
77                    type: string
78                  value:
79                    type: integer
80                  doc:
81                    type: string
82        render-max:
83          description: Render the max members for this enum.
84          type: boolean
85
86  attribute-sets:
87    description: Definition of attribute spaces for this family.
88    type: array
89    items:
90      description: Definition of a single attribute space.
91      type: object
92      required: [ name, attributes ]
93      additionalProperties: False
94      properties:
95        name:
96          description: |
97            Name used when referring to this space in other definitions, not used outside of the spec.
98          type: string
99        name-prefix:
100          description: |
101            Prefix for the C enum name of the attributes. Default family[name]-set[name]-a-
102          type: string
103        enum-name:
104          description: Name for the enum type of the attribute.
105          type: string
106        doc:
107          description: Documentation of the space.
108          type: string
109        subset-of:
110          description: |
111            Name of another space which this is a logical part of. Sub-spaces can be used to define
112            a limited group of attributes which are used in a nest.
113          type: string
114        attributes:
115          description: List of attributes in the space.
116          type: array
117          items:
118            type: object
119            required: [ name ]
120            additionalProperties: False
121            properties:
122              name:
123                type: string
124              type: &attr-type
125                enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary,
126                        uint, sint, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
127                        string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
128              doc:
129                description: Documentation of the attribute.
130                type: string
131              value:
132                description: Value for the enum item representing this attribute in the uAPI.
133                $ref: '#/$defs/uint'
134              type-value:
135                description: Name of the value extracted from the type of a nest-type-value attribute.
136                type: array
137                items:
138                  type: string
139              byte-order:
140                enum: [ little-endian, big-endian ]
141              multi-attr:
142                type: boolean
143              nested-attributes:
144                description: Name of the space (sub-space) used inside the attribute.
145                type: string
146              enum:
147                description: Name of the enum type used for the attribute.
148                type: string
149              enum-as-flags:
150                description: |
151                  Treat the enum as flags. In most cases enum is either used as flags or as values.
152                  Sometimes, however, both forms are necessary, in which case header contains the enum
153                  form while specific attributes may request to convert the values into a bitfield.
154                type: boolean
155              checks:
156                description: Kernel input validation.
157                type: object
158                additionalProperties: False
159                properties:
160                  flags-mask:
161                    description: Name of the flags constant on which to base mask (unsigned scalar types only).
162                    type: string
163                  min:
164                    description: Min value for an integer attribute.
165                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-limit'
166                  max:
167                    description: Max value for an integer attribute.
168                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-limit'
169                  min-len:
170                    description: Min length for a binary attribute.
171                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
172                  max-len:
173                    description: Max length for a string or a binary attribute.
174                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
175                  exact-len:
176                    description: Exact length for a string or a binary attribute.
177                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
178              sub-type: *attr-type
179              display-hint: &display-hint
180                description: |
181                  Optional format indicator that is intended only for choosing
182                  the right formatting mechanism when displaying values of this
183                  type.
184                enum: [ hex, mac, fddi, ipv4, ipv6, uuid ]
185
186      # Make sure name-prefix does not appear in subsets (subsets inherit naming)
187      dependencies:
188        name-prefix:
189          not:
190            required: [ subset-of ]
191        subset-of:
192          not:
193            required: [ name-prefix ]
194
195      # type property is only required if not in subset definition
196      if:
197        properties:
198          subset-of:
199            not:
200              type: string
201      then:
202        properties:
203          attributes:
204            items:
205              required: [ type ]
206
207  operations:
208    description: Operations supported by the protocol.
209    type: object
210    required: [ list ]
211    additionalProperties: False
212    properties:
213      enum-model:
214        description: |
215          The model of assigning values to the operations.
216          "unified" is the recommended model where all message types belong
217          to a single enum.
218          "directional" has the messages sent to the kernel and from the kernel
219          enumerated separately.
220        enum: [ unified ]
221      name-prefix:
222        description: |
223          Prefix for the C enum name of the command. The name is formed by concatenating
224          the prefix with the upper case name of the command, with dashes replaced by underscores.
225        type: string
226      enum-name:
227        description: Name for the enum type with commands.
228        type: string
229      async-prefix:
230        description: Same as name-prefix but used to render notifications and events to separate enum.
231        type: string
232      async-enum:
233        description: Name for the enum type with notifications/events.
234        type: string
235      list:
236        description: List of commands
237        type: array
238        items:
239          type: object
240          additionalProperties: False
241          required: [ name, doc ]
242          properties:
243            name:
244              description: Name of the operation, also defining its C enum value in uAPI.
245              type: string
246            doc:
247              description: Documentation for the command.
248              type: string
249            value:
250              description: Value for the enum in the uAPI.
251              $ref: '#/$defs/uint'
252            attribute-set:
253              description: |
254                Attribute space from which attributes directly in the requests and replies
255                to this command are defined.
256              type: string
257            flags: &cmd_flags
258              description: Command flags.
259              type: array
260              items:
261                enum: [ admin-perm ]
262            dont-validate:
263              description: Kernel attribute validation flags.
264              type: array
265              items:
266                enum: [ strict, dump, dump-strict ]
267            config-cond:
268              description: |
269                Name of the kernel config option gating the presence of
270                the operation, without the 'CONFIG_' prefix.
271              type: string
272            do: &subop-type
273              description: Main command handler.
274              type: object
275              additionalProperties: False
276              properties:
277                request: &subop-attr-list
278                  description: Definition of the request message for a given command.
279                  type: object
280                  additionalProperties: False
281                  properties:
282                    attributes:
283                      description: |
284                        Names of attributes from the attribute-set (not full attribute
285                        definitions, just names).
286                      type: array
287                      items:
288                        type: string
289                reply: *subop-attr-list
290                pre:
291                  description: Hook for a function to run before the main callback (pre_doit or start).
292                  type: string
293                post:
294                  description: Hook for a function to run after the main callback (post_doit or done).
295                  type: string
296            dump: *subop-type
297            notify:
298              description: Name of the command sharing the reply type with this notification.
299              type: string
300            event:
301              type: object
302              additionalProperties: False
303              properties:
304                attributes:
305                  description: Explicit list of the attributes for the notification.
306                  type: array
307                  items:
308                    type: string
309            mcgrp:
310              description: Name of the multicast group generating given notification.
311              type: string
312  mcast-groups:
313    description: List of multicast groups.
314    type: object
315    required: [ list ]
316    additionalProperties: False
317    properties:
318      list:
319        description: List of groups.
320        type: array
321        items:
322          type: object
323          required: [ name ]
324          additionalProperties: False
325          properties:
326            name:
327              description: |
328                The name for the group, used to form the define and the value of the define.
329              type: string
330            flags: *cmd_flags
331
332  kernel-family:
333    description: Additional global attributes used for kernel C code generation.
334    type: object
335    additionalProperties: False
336    properties:
337      headers:
338        description: |
339          List of extra headers which should be included in the source
340          of the generated code.
341        type: array
342        items:
343          type: string
344      sock-priv:
345        description: |
346          Literal name of the type which is used within the kernel
347          to store the socket state. The type / structure is internal
348          to the kernel, and is not defined in the spec.
349        type: string
350