Re: [PATCH RFC 01/20] ctlv: Add the schema language and generator

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 12:31:32AM +0200, jic23@kernel.org wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:50:34 +0200
>Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:
>

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>> +      A named attr set, a whole attr group, or one exact attr as
>> +      "group.attr". There are no tuple selectors and no cross-family
>> +      qualification.
>> +    type: string
>> +    pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*(\.[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*)?$
>> +
>> +  selectors:
>> +    oneOf:
>> +      - $ref: '#/$defs/selector'
>> +      - type: array
>> +        minItems: 1
>> +        items:
>> +          $ref: '#/$defs/selector'
>
>My yaml is terrible (and all learnt form reviewing DT bindings which are
>undoubtedly perfect :) but random LLM agrees with me that you can simplify
>this as it's a local definition.  I think doing so makes life a little
>easier for reader by indicating it is thing defined a few lines up.
>
>            $ref: 'selector'
>
>I don't care that much though.

Tried it: $ref is resolved as a URI against the schema's $id, so
'selector' doesn't resolve. '#/$defs/selector' is the shortest form that
works without an extra $id line in every definition, and it is what DT
bindings use, so I'm keeping it.


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