[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] cmdline: increase maximum line length

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:55:16 +0200
Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Ressurecting this old thread.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 04:28:15PM +0100, David Marchand wrote:
> > This patch is flagged as an ABI breakage:
> > https://travis-ci.com/ovsrobot/dpdk/jobs/289313318#L2273
> >   
> 
> In case we want this fix for 20.11, should we do a deprecation notice
> in 20.08?
> 
> 
> Olivier
> 
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 3:53 PM Wisam Jaddo <wisamm at mellanox.com> wrote:  
> > >
> > > This increase due to the usage of cmdline in dpdk applications
> > > as config commands such as testpmd do for rte_flow rules creation.
> > >
> > > The current size of buffer is not enough to fill
> > > many cases of rte_flow commands validation/creation.
> > >
> > > rte_flow now can have outer items, inner items, modify
> > > actions, meta data actions, duplicate action, fate action and
> > > more in one single rte flow, thus 512 char will not be enough
> > > to validate such rte flow rules.
> > >
> > > Such change shouldn't affect the memory since the cmdline
> > > reading again using the same buffer.  
> > 
> > I don't get your point here.

The cmdline is a awkward user API. Thomas wanted to replace it but
it seems to have gotten nowhere.

Agree that having something dynamic would be best, Something
based of getline() or editline (readline).