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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Huisong Li <lihuisong@huawei.com>
Cc: <dev@dpdk.org>, <mb@smartsharesystems.com>,
	<ciara.power@intel.com>, <liudongdong3@huawei.com>,
	<huangdaode@huawei.com>, <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 00/11] telemetry: add u32 value type and hex integer string API
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:31:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y5cDFHYVDx12i1gM@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221212064306.39232-1-lihuisong@huawei.com>

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 02:42:55PM +0800, Huisong Li wrote:
> Some lib telemetry interfaces add the 'u32' and 'u64' data by the
> rte_tel_data_add_dict/array_int API. This may cause data conversion error
> or data truncation.
> 
> The 'u32' data can not be assigned to signed 32-bit integer. However,
> assigning to u64 is very wasteful, after all, the buffer capacity of each
> transfer is limited. So it is necessary for 'u32' data to add usigned
> 32-bit integer type and a series of 'u32' operation APIs.
> 
> This patchset uses the new 'u32' API to resolve the problem of data
> conversion error, and use the 'u64' API to add 'u64' data.
> 
> In addition, this patchset introduces two APIs to store u32 and u64
> values as hexadecimal encoded strings in telemetry library. 
> 
> --- -v3: fix a misspelling mistake in commit log.  -v2: - fix ABI break
> warning.  - introduce two APIs to store u32 and u64 values as hexadecimal
> encoded strings. 
>
I'm not convinced about adding the u32 value generically to the telemetry
lib - except in the case of having explicit function calls for u32 vs u64
hex strings. Having a u32 type doesn't gain us any space internally over a
u64 value, since all values are in a union type. Also, for output as json,
the numeric values are all output as decimal values, meaning that the value
1 appears as the same size in the output string whether it is a u32 or u64
type. Now, it may save space in a future binary output format, but even
then it still may not do so.

Therefore, I'd tend to keep the existing u64 type as-is, and instead only
add the functions for outputting hex values. Those hex output functions
could take an additional parameter indicating the desired hex output
length, as there could well be cases where we want just 16-bit hex value
too.

/Bruce

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-12 10:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 122+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-08  8:05 [PATCH 0/8] fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 1/8] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 2/8] telemetry: add u32 telemetry data type API Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 3/8] test: add test cases for u32 telemetry data API Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 4/8] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 5/8] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 6/8] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 7/8] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-08  8:05 ` [PATCH 8/8] ethdev: telemetry convert capability related variable to hex Huisong Li
2022-12-08 10:55   ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-08 11:20     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-09  3:07       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-09 11:04 ` [PATCH V2 00/11] telemetry: add u32 value type and hex integer string API Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 01/11] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 02/11] telemetry: add u32 value type Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 03/11] test: add test cases for adding u32 value API Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 04/11] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 05/11] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 06/11] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 07/11] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 08/11] telemetry: refactor mapping betwween value and array type Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 09/11] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 10/11] test: add test cases for adding hex integer values API Huisong Li
2022-12-09 11:04   ` [PATCH V2 11/11] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2022-12-09 18:24   ` [PATCH V2 00/11] telemetry: add u32 value type and hex integer string API Morten Brørup
2022-12-12  6:23     ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-11  9:02   ` fengchengwen
2022-12-12  6:42 ` [PATCH V3 " Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:42   ` [PATCH V3 01/11] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:42   ` [PATCH V3 02/11] telemetry: add u32 value type Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:42   ` [PATCH V3 03/11] test: add test cases for adding u32 value API Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:42   ` [PATCH V3 04/11] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 05/11] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 06/11] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 07/11] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 08/11] telemetry: refactor mapping betwween value and array type Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 09/11] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 10/11] test: add test cases for adding hex integer values API Huisong Li
2022-12-12  6:43   ` [PATCH V3 11/11] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2022-12-12 10:31   ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2022-12-12 11:02     ` [PATCH V3 00/11] telemetry: add u32 value type and hex integer string API Morten Brørup
2022-12-12 11:20       ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-12 12:03         ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-12 12:16           ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-13 11:00             ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-13 17:12             ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-13  3:02           ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-13 10:15 ` [PATCH V4 0/9] telemetry: fix data truncation and conversion error and add hex integer API Huisong Li
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 1/9] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-13 17:10     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-14  2:44       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 2/9] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 3/9] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 4/9] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 5/9] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 6/9] telemetry: refactor mapping between value and array type Huisong Li
2022-12-13 16:57     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-14  2:46       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 7/9] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-13 17:09     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-14  2:44       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-14  7:28         ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-14 12:17           ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 8/9] test: add test cases for adding hex integer value API Huisong Li
2022-12-13 10:15   ` [PATCH V4 9/9] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32 ` [PATCH V5 0/8] telemetry: fix data truncation and conversion error and add hex integer API Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 1/8] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 2/8] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 3/8] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 4/8] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 5/8] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-14 13:00     ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-15  1:11       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-15  7:04         ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-15  7:56           ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 6/8] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-14 15:38     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-15  1:32       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 7/8] test: add test cases for adding hex integer value API Huisong Li
2022-12-14 12:32   ` [PATCH V5 8/8] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31 ` [PATCH V6 0/8] telemetry: fix data truncation and conversion error and add hex integer API Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 1/8] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 2/8] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 3/8] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 4/8] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 5/8] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 6/8] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:46     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-15 11:27       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-15 12:00         ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-15 12:15           ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-15 12:24             ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-15 12:45               ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-15 12:52                 ` Morten Brørup
2022-12-15 13:08                   ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-16  1:15                     ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 7/8] test: add test cases for adding hex integer value API Huisong Li
2022-12-15 10:31   ` [PATCH V6 8/8] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54 ` [PATCH V7 0/8] telemetry: fix data truncation and conversion error and add hex integer API Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 1/8] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 2/8] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 3/8] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 4/8] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 5/8] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 6/8] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 7/8] test: add test cases for adding hex integer value API Huisong Li
2022-12-16  9:31     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-19  7:04       ` lihuisong (C)
2022-12-16  1:54   ` [PATCH V7 8/8] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06 ` [PATCH V8 0/8] telemetry: fix data truncation and conversion error and add hex integer API Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 1/8] telemetry: move to header to controllable range Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 2/8] ethdev: fix possible data truncation and conversion error Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 3/8] mempool: " Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 4/8] cryptodev: fix possible data " Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 5/8] mem: possible data truncation and " Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 6/8] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal Huisong Li
2022-12-19  9:19     ` Bruce Richardson
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 7/8] test: add test cases for adding hex integer value API Huisong Li
2022-12-19  7:06   ` [PATCH V8 8/8] ethdev: display capability values in hexadecimal format Huisong Li
2023-01-16 12:06   ` [PATCH V8 0/8] telemetry: fix data truncation and conversion error and add hex integer API lihuisong (C)
2023-01-30 10:39     ` lihuisong (C)
2023-02-05 20:43   ` Thomas Monjalon

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