Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] netlink: fix ynl spec tooling robustness bugs

From: tmbates12

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 21:46:37 EST


On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:12:06 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Do you mean kernel side code gen for OVS? I thought we have specs for
> most of OVS already, we just don't use them for kernel code gen (since
> it's a pretty stable code base).

Sorry, I was unclear on this, I have a feeling that I misread your
earlier point,
I didn't mean to sound like I was proposing any OVS work. Neither on the
the spec nor the kernel code gen. I do agree that 4/4 doesn't have any
necessity pinned to anything in-tree with that context in mind now.

I'll be sending out the repost for 1/1 shortly, and once I flesh out the rest of
the doc keys in the yaml.

I'd assume that starting the bridge spec out as an RFC would be appropriate
while we see how much work it'll take, but I'd just like to confirm beforehand.