Add support for the 'array-nest' attribute type that is used by several
netlink-raw families.
Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
index 325dc0d9c5b5..cd983d1f2ee6 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -504,6 +504,17 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
decoded = NlAttr.formatted_string(decoded, attr_spec.display_hint)
return decoded
+ def _decode_array_nest(self, attr, attr_spec):
+ decoded = []
+ offset = 0
+ while offset < len(attr.raw):
+ item = NlAttr(attr.raw, offset)
+ offset += item.full_len
+
+ subattrs = self._decode(NlAttrs(item.raw), attr_spec['nested-attributes'])
+ decoded.append({ item.type: subattrs })
+ return decoded
+
def _decode(self, attrs, space):
attr_space = self.attr_sets[space]
rsp = dict()
@@ -520,6 +531,8 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
decoded = True
elif attr_spec["type"] in NlAttr.type_formats:
decoded = attr.as_scalar(attr_spec['type'], attr_spec.byte_order)
+ elif attr_spec["type"] == 'array-nest':
+ decoded = self._decode_array_nest(attr, attr_spec)
else:
raise Exception(f'Unknown {attr_spec["type"]} with name {attr_spec["name"]}')
--
2.41.0
