From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:53:33 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: tools: ynl: handle pad type during decode
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tools: ynl: handle pad type during decode

Apparently Python code only handled the 'pad' type in structs
until now. Add it to attr decoding. nlctrl policy dumps need it.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260310005337.3594225-2-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
index 9774005e7ad1f..8302c19ab55cb 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -814,7 +814,9 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
                 continue
 
             try:
-                if attr_spec["type"] == 'nest':
+                if attr_spec["type"] == 'pad':
+                    continue
+                elif attr_spec["type"] == 'nest':
                     subdict = self._decode(NlAttrs(attr.raw),
                                            attr_spec['nested-attributes'],
                                            search_attrs)