From: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: Allain Legacy <allain.legacy@windriver.com>,
cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com, dev@dpdk.org,
ian.jolliffe@windriver.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] cfgfile: configurable comment character
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 08:53:37 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170303005337.GB18844@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170302211015.GA18940@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com>
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 09:10:15PM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 02:29:27PM -0500, Allain Legacy wrote:
> > The current cfgfile comment character is hardcoded to ';'. This commit
> > introduces a configuration attribute to allow an application to select a
> > different character. This is to ease adoption by applications that have an
> > existing configuration file which may use a different comment character.
> > For instance, an application may already have a configuration file that
> > uses the '#' as the comment character.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Allain Legacy <allain.legacy@windriver.com>
> > ---
> > config/common_base | 1 +
> > lib/librte_cfgfile/rte_cfgfile.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
> > index aeee13e..32a42d7 100644
> > --- a/config/common_base
> > +++ b/config/common_base
> > @@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TIMER_DEBUG=n
> > # Compile librte_cfgfile
> > #
> > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE=y
> > +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE_COMMENT_CHAR=';'
> >
>
> We are trying to avoid adding in extra build-time options to DPDK, so
> can you please rework this patch to make it a run-time option instead.
+1 for making it a run-time option.
--yliu
> Perhaps just add a set_comment_char() API call to the library. If this
> is a setting per cfgfile instance it would then allow applications to
> simultaneously use files with different formats. For example, if in
> future we use cfgfile library to configure DPDK EAL, a preexisting file
> for that shipped with DPDK may conflict in format with an
> application-specific one.
>
> /Bruce
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-03 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-02 19:29 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] librte_cfgfile enhancement Allain Legacy
2017-03-02 19:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] cfgfile: configurable comment character Allain Legacy
2017-03-02 21:10 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-02 21:22 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 0:53 ` Yuanhan Liu [this message]
2017-03-03 11:17 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-03 11:31 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 12:07 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-03 12:14 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 12:17 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-03 12:18 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 12:52 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-03 12:10 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-03 12:17 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 13:10 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-02 19:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] cfgfile: cfg object not initialized after allocation Allain Legacy
2017-03-02 19:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section Allain Legacy
2017-03-03 10:53 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-03 11:03 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 11:06 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-03 11:15 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-03 11:18 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-02 19:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] cfgfile: use strnlen to constrain memchr search Allain Legacy
2017-03-02 19:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] cfgfile: increase local buffer size for max name and value Allain Legacy
2017-03-09 13:46 ` Wiles, Keith
2017-03-09 15:16 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-09 15:23 ` Wiles, Keith
2017-03-09 13:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] librte_cfgfile enhancements Allain Legacy
2017-03-09 13:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/6] test: basic unit tests for cfgfile Allain Legacy
2017-03-09 13:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/6] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section Allain Legacy
2017-03-09 13:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/6] cfgfile: configurable comment character Allain Legacy
2017-03-27 11:19 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-09 13:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/6] cfgfile: use strnlen to constrain memchr search Allain Legacy
2017-03-09 13:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/6] cfgfile: increase local buffer size for max name and value Allain Legacy
2017-03-09 13:11 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/6] cfgfile: add support for empty value string Allain Legacy
2017-03-27 10:54 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-27 11:12 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-27 11:24 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-27 11:15 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-28 8:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/6] librte_cfgfile enhancements Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-28 9:18 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-28 9:22 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-28 9:41 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-28 9:58 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-28 10:12 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-28 10:20 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-28 15:24 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-28 15:41 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-28 15:42 ` Bruce Richardson
2017-03-28 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Allain Legacy
2017-03-28 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] test: basic unit tests for cfgfile Allain Legacy
2017-03-28 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] cfgfile: add support for configurable comment character Allain Legacy
2017-03-28 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/6] cfgfile: use strnlen to constrain memchr search Allain Legacy
2017-03-28 16:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] cfgfile: add support for empty value string Allain Legacy
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] librte_cfgfile enhancements Allain Legacy
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/6] test: basic unit tests for cfgfile Allain Legacy
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/6] cfgfile: add support for global properties section Allain Legacy
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/6] cfgfile: add support for configurable comment character Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 10:08 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-03-31 11:08 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/6] cfgfile: use strnlen to constrain memchr search Allain Legacy
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/6] cfgfile: increase local buffer size for max name and value Allain Legacy
2017-03-30 18:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/6] cfgfile: add support for empty value string Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 8:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/6] librte_cfgfile enhancements Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-31 13:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 13:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] test: basic unit tests for cfgfile Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 13:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] cfgfile: add support for global properties section Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 13:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/6] cfgfile: add support for configurable comment character Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 13:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/6] cfgfile: use strnlen to constrain memchr search Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 13:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/6] cfgfile: increase local buffer size for max name and value Allain Legacy
2017-03-31 13:52 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/6] cfgfile: add support for empty value string Allain Legacy
2017-04-04 14:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/6] librte_cfgfile enhancements Thomas Monjalon
[not found] ` <20170329004737.44249-1-allain.legacy@windriver.com>
2017-03-29 0:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/6] test: basic unit tests for cfgfile Allain Legacy
2017-03-29 0:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/6] cfgfile: add support for configurable comment character Allain Legacy
2017-03-29 9:22 ` Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-29 11:31 ` Legacy, Allain
2017-03-29 0:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/6] cfgfile: increase local buffer size for max name and value Allain Legacy
[not found] ` <20170329004737.44249-7-allain.legacy@windriver.com>
2017-03-29 9:31 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/6] cfgfile: add support for empty value string Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-29 11:33 ` Legacy, Allain
[not found] ` <20170329004737.44249-3-allain.legacy@windriver.com>
2017-03-29 9:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/6] cfgfile: add support for global properties section Dumitrescu, Cristian
2017-03-29 11:35 ` Legacy, Allain
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