[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] cmdline: increase command line buffer
Nélio Laranjeiro
nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Fri Jan 15 09:44:39 CET 2016
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 02:46:07PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> On 01/12/2016 12:49 PM, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:
> >Allow long command lines in testpmd (like flow director with IPv6, ...).
> >
> >Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>
> >Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>
> >---
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 -----
> > lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >index e94d4a2..9cb288c 100644
> >--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> >@@ -44,8 +44,3 @@ Deprecation Notices
> > and table action handlers will be updated:
> > the pipeline parameter will be added, the packets mask parameter will be
> > either removed (for input port action handler) or made input-only.
> >-
> >-* ABI changes are planned in cmdline buffer size to allow the use of long
> >- commands (such as RETA update in testpmd). This should impact
> >- CMDLINE_PARSE_RESULT_BUFSIZE, STR_TOKEN_SIZE and RDLINE_BUF_SIZE.
> >- It should be integrated in release 2.3.
> >diff --git a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h
> >index b9aad9b..72e2dad 100644
> >--- a/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h
> >+++ b/lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline_rdline.h
> >@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ extern "C" {
> > #endif
> >
> > /* configuration */
> >-#define RDLINE_BUF_SIZE 256
> >+#define RDLINE_BUF_SIZE 512
> > #define RDLINE_PROMPT_SIZE 32
> > #define RDLINE_VT100_BUF_SIZE 8
> > #define RDLINE_HISTORY_BUF_SIZE BUFSIZ
>
> Having to break a library ABI for a change like this is a bit ridiculous.
Sure, but John McNamara needed it to handle flow director with IPv6[1].
For my part, I was needing it to manipulate the RETA table, but as I
wrote in the cover letter, it ends by breaking other commands.
Olivier Matz, has proposed another way to handle long commands lines[2],
it could be a good idea to go on this direction.
For RETA situation, we already discussed on a new API, but for now, I
do not have time for it (and as it is another ABI breakage it could only
be done for 16.07 or 2.4)[3].
If this patch is no more needed we can just drop it, for that I would
like to have the point of view from John.
>
> I didn't try it so could be wrong, but based on a quick look, struct rdline
> could easily be made opaque to consumers by just adding functions for
> allocating and freeing it.
>
> - Panu -
>
[1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-November/027643.html
[2] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-November/028557.html
[3] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-October/025294.html
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Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND
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