Re: [PATCH net-next v2] devlink: Implement devlink param multi attribute nested data values

[Jiri Pirko]

Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 02:18:59AM +0100, kuba@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:09:44 +0530 Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
>> Devlink param value attribute is not defined since devlink is handling
>> the value validating and parsing internally, this allows us to implement
>> multi attribute values without breaking any policies.
>> 
>> Devlink param multi-attribute values are considered to be dynamically
>> sized arrays of u32 values, by introducing a new devlink param type
>> DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32_ARRAY, driver and user space can set a variable
>> count of u32 values into the DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA attribute.
>> 
>> Implement get/set parsing and add to the internal value structure passed
>> to drivers.
>> 
>> This is useful for devices that need to configure a list of values for
>> a specific configuration.
>
>Could you respin this as a series with the first driver implementing
>a param of this type?  We can't merge an API without a user.

I may be missed it, are you okay with cleanup helpers now (__free(kfree)
used here), or not yet? :)