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
17# Schema for specs
18title: Protocol
19description: Specification of a genetlink protocol
20type: object
21required: [ name, doc, attribute-sets, operations ]
22additionalProperties: False
23properties:
24  name:
25    description: Name of the genetlink family.
26    type: string
27  doc:
28    type: string
29  version:
30    description: Generic Netlink family version. Default is 1.
31    type: integer
32    minimum: 1
33  protocol:
34    description: Schema compatibility level. Default is "genetlink".
35    enum: [ genetlink, genetlink-c, genetlink-legacy ] # Trim
36  # Start genetlink-c
37  uapi-header:
38    description: Path to the uAPI header, default is linux/${family-name}.h
39    type: string
40  c-family-name:
41    description: Name of the define for the family name.
42    type: string
43  c-version-name:
44    description: Name of the define for the verion of the family.
45    type: string
46  max-by-define:
47    description: Makes the number of attributes and commands be specified by a define, not an enum value.
48    type: boolean
49  # End genetlink-c
50  # Start genetlink-legacy
51  kernel-policy:
52    description: |
53      Defines if the input policy in the kernel is global, per-operation, or split per operation type.
54      Default is split.
55    enum: [ split, per-op, global ]
56  # End genetlink-legacy
57
58  definitions:
59    description: List of type and constant definitions (enums, flags, defines).
60    type: array
61    items:
62      type: object
63      required: [ type, name ]
64      additionalProperties: False
65      properties:
66        name:
67          type: string
68        header:
69          description: For C-compatible languages, header which already defines this value.
70          type: string
71        type:
72          enum: [ const, enum, flags, struct ] # Trim
73        doc:
74          type: string
75        # For const
76        value:
77          description: For const - the value.
78          type: [ string, integer ]
79        # For enum and flags
80        value-start:
81          description: For enum or flags the literal initializer for the first value.
82          type: [ string, integer ]
83        entries:
84          description: For enum or flags array of values.
85          type: array
86          items:
87            oneOf:
88              - type: string
89              - type: object
90                required: [ name ]
91                additionalProperties: False
92                properties:
93                  name:
94                    type: string
95                  value:
96                    type: integer
97                  doc:
98                    type: string
99        render-max:
100          description: Render the max members for this enum.
101          type: boolean
102        # Start genetlink-c
103        enum-name:
104          description: Name for enum, if empty no name will be used.
105          type: [ string, "null" ]
106        name-prefix:
107          description: For enum the prefix of the values, optional.
108          type: string
109        # End genetlink-c
110        # Start genetlink-legacy
111        members:
112          description: List of struct members. Only scalars and strings members allowed.
113          type: array
114          items:
115            type: object
116            required: [ name, type ]
117            additionalProperties: False
118            properties:
119              name:
120                type: string
121              type:
122                enum: [ u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64, string ]
123              len:
124                $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
125        # End genetlink-legacy
126
127  attribute-sets:
128    description: Definition of attribute spaces for this family.
129    type: array
130    items:
131      description: Definition of a single attribute space.
132      type: object
133      required: [ name, attributes ]
134      additionalProperties: False
135      properties:
136        name:
137          description: |
138            Name used when referring to this space in other definitions, not used outside of the spec.
139          type: string
140        name-prefix:
141          description: |
142            Prefix for the C enum name of the attributes. Default family[name]-set[name]-a-
143          type: string
144        enum-name:
145          description: Name for the enum type of the attribute.
146          type: string
147        doc:
148          description: Documentation of the space.
149          type: string
150        subset-of:
151          description: |
152            Name of another space which this is a logical part of. Sub-spaces can be used to define
153            a limited group of attributes which are used in a nest.
154          type: string
155        # Start genetlink-c
156        attr-cnt-name:
157          description: The explicit name for constant holding the count of attributes (last attr + 1).
158          type: string
159        attr-max-name:
160          description: The explicit name for last member of attribute enum.
161          type: string
162        # End genetlink-c
163        attributes:
164          description: List of attributes in the space.
165          type: array
166          items:
167            type: object
168            required: [ name, type ]
169            additionalProperties: False
170            properties:
171              name:
172                type: string
173              type: &attr-type
174                enum: [ unused, pad, flag, binary, u8, u16, u32, u64, s32, s64,
175                        string, nest, array-nest, nest-type-value ]
176              doc:
177                description: Documentation of the attribute.
178                type: string
179              value:
180                description: Value for the enum item representing this attribute in the uAPI.
181                $ref: '#/$defs/uint'
182              type-value:
183                description: Name of the value extracted from the type of a nest-type-value attribute.
184                type: array
185                items:
186                  type: string
187              byte-order:
188                enum: [ little-endian, big-endian ]
189              multi-attr:
190                type: boolean
191              nested-attributes:
192                description: Name of the space (sub-space) used inside the attribute.
193                type: string
194              enum:
195                description: Name of the enum type used for the attribute.
196                type: string
197              enum-as-flags:
198                description: |
199                  Treat the enum as flags. In most cases enum is either used as flags or as values.
200                  Sometimes, however, both forms are necessary, in which case header contains the enum
201                  form while specific attributes may request to convert the values into a bitfield.
202                type: boolean
203              checks:
204                description: Kernel input validation.
205                type: object
206                additionalProperties: False
207                properties:
208                  flags-mask:
209                    description: Name of the flags constant on which to base mask (unsigned scalar types only).
210                    type: string
211                  min:
212                    description: Min value for an integer attribute.
213                    type: integer
214                  min-len:
215                    description: Min length for a binary attribute.
216                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
217                  max-len:
218                    description: Max length for a string or a binary attribute.
219                    $ref: '#/$defs/len-or-define'
220              sub-type: *attr-type
221
222      # Make sure name-prefix does not appear in subsets (subsets inherit naming)
223      dependencies:
224        name-prefix:
225          not:
226            required: [ subset-of ]
227        subset-of:
228          not:
229            required: [ name-prefix ]
230
231  operations:
232    description: Operations supported by the protocol.
233    type: object
234    required: [ list ]
235    additionalProperties: False
236    properties:
237      enum-model:
238        description: |
239          The model of assigning values to the operations.
240          "unified" is the recommended model where all message types belong
241          to a single enum.
242          "directional" has the messages sent to the kernel and from the kernel
243          enumerated separately.
244        enum: [ unified, directional ] # Trim
245      name-prefix:
246        description: |
247          Prefix for the C enum name of the command. The name is formed by concatenating
248          the prefix with the upper case name of the command, with dashes replaced by underscores.
249        type: string
250      enum-name:
251        description: Name for the enum type with commands.
252        type: string
253      async-prefix:
254        description: Same as name-prefix but used to render notifications and events to separate enum.
255        type: string
256      async-enum:
257        description: Name for the enum type with notifications/events.
258        type: string
259      list:
260        description: List of commands
261        type: array
262        items:
263          type: object
264          additionalProperties: False
265          required: [ name, doc ]
266          properties:
267            name:
268              description: Name of the operation, also defining its C enum value in uAPI.
269              type: string
270            doc:
271              description: Documentation for the command.
272              type: string
273            value:
274              description: Value for the enum in the uAPI.
275              $ref: '#/$defs/uint'
276            attribute-set:
277              description: |
278                Attribute space from which attributes directly in the requests and replies
279                to this command are defined.
280              type: string
281            flags: &cmd_flags
282              description: Command flags.
283              type: array
284              items:
285                enum: [ admin-perm ]
286            dont-validate:
287              description: Kernel attribute validation flags.
288              type: array
289              items:
290                enum: [ strict, dump ]
291            do: &subop-type
292              description: Main command handler.
293              type: object
294              additionalProperties: False
295              properties:
296                request: &subop-attr-list
297                  description: Definition of the request message for a given command.
298                  type: object
299                  additionalProperties: False
300                  properties:
301                    attributes:
302                      description: |
303                        Names of attributes from the attribute-set (not full attribute
304                        definitions, just names).
305                      type: array
306                      items:
307                        type: string
308                    # Start genetlink-legacy
309                    value:
310                      description: |
311                        ID of this message if value for request and response differ,
312                        i.e. requests and responses have different message enums.
313                      $ref: '#/$defs/uint'
314                    # End genetlink-legacy
315                reply: *subop-attr-list
316                pre:
317                  description: Hook for a function to run before the main callback (pre_doit or start).
318                  type: string
319                post:
320                  description: Hook for a function to run after the main callback (post_doit or done).
321                  type: string
322            dump: *subop-type
323            notify:
324              description: Name of the command sharing the reply type with this notification.
325              type: string
326            event:
327              type: object
328              additionalProperties: False
329              properties:
330                attributes:
331                  description: Explicit list of the attributes for the notification.
332                  type: array
333                  items:
334                    type: string
335            mcgrp:
336              description: Name of the multicast group generating given notification.
337              type: string
338  mcast-groups:
339    description: List of multicast groups.
340    type: object
341    required: [ list ]
342    additionalProperties: False
343    properties:
344      list:
345        description: List of groups.
346        type: array
347        items:
348          type: object
349          required: [ name ]
350          additionalProperties: False
351          properties:
352            name:
353              description: |
354                The name for the group, used to form the define and the value of the define.
355              type: string
356            # Start genetlink-c
357            c-define-name:
358              description: Override for the name of the define in C uAPI.
359              type: string
360            # End genetlink-c
361            flags: *cmd_flags
362