Re: [PATCH] doc: add deprecation for restrictions in telemetry naming

[Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>]

On 7/7/22 16:39, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Following discussion on-list [1], we will look to limited the allowed
> characters in names for items in telemetry. This will simplify the
> escaping needed for json output, or any future output formats. The lists
> will initially be minimal, since expansion to allow more characters can
> be done without affecting compatibility, while reducing the set cannot.
> 
> Cc: mb@smartsharesystems.com
> Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org
> Cc: ciara.power@intel.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> 
> [1] http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20220623164245.561371-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com/#r
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 4e5b23c53d..9366690ec5 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
>   * metrics: The function ``rte_metrics_init`` will have a non-void return
>     in order to notify errors instead of calling ``rte_exit``.
>   
> +* telemetry: The allowed characters in names for dictionary values will be limited to
> +  alphanumeric characters and a small subset of additional printable characters.
> +  This will ensure that all dictionary parameter names can be output without escaping
> +  in json - or in any future output format used. Names for the telemetry commands will
> +  be similarly limited.
> +
>   * raw/ioat: The ``ioat`` rawdev driver has been deprecated, since it's
>     functionality is provided through the new ``dmadev`` infrastructure.
>     To continue to use hardware previously supported by the ``ioat`` rawdev driver,

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>