[PATCH 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible

[fengchengwen]

On 2025/5/27 17:21, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> The argparse library was missing two key features which made it
> unsuitable for use by EAL or any program wanting similar behaviour.
> 
> 1. It didn't stop parsing arguments when it hit a "--" character
> 2. It never returned the number of arguments parsed
> 
> Fix both these issues - the latter is a change to the ABI, since we now
> return >= 0 rather than == 0 on success. However, the ABI is still
> experimental so we can make exactly these sorts of tweaks to it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>  app/test/test_argparse.c               | 46 +++++++++++++-------------
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_07.rst |  9 +++++
>  lib/argparse/rte_argparse.c            | 12 +++++--
>  lib/argparse/rte_argparse.h            |  3 +-
>  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test/test_argparse.c b/app/test/test_argparse.c
> index 6b0d1524b5..a907fbe53f 100644
> --- a/app/test/test_argparse.c
> +++ b/app/test/test_argparse.c
> @@ -360,14 +360,14 @@ test_argparse_opt_autosave_parse_int_of_no_val(void)
>  	argv[0] = test_strdup(obj->prog_name);
>  	argv[1] = test_strdup("--test-long");
>  	ret = rte_argparse_parse(obj, 2, argv);
> -	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "Argparse parse expect success!");
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret >= 0, "Argparse parse expect success!");

Please compared with specific number, eg. TEST_ASSERT(ret == 2, "xxx");

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>  
> @@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ test_argparse_parse_type(void)
>  	ret = rte_argparse_parse_type(str_invalid, RTE_ARGPARSE_ARG_VALUE_INT, &val_int);
>  	TEST_ASSERT(ret != 0, "Argparse parse type expect failed!");
>  	ret = rte_argparse_parse_type(str_ok, RTE_ARGPARSE_ARG_VALUE_INT, &val_int);
> -	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "Argparse parse type expect failed!");
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret >= 0, "Argparse parse type expect failed!");

No need for rte_argparse_parse_type() API, this API still return 0 if success.

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> diff --git a/lib/argparse/rte_argparse.h b/lib/argparse/rte_argparse.h
> index 332184302e..8cdb3195cb 100644
> --- a/lib/argparse/rte_argparse.h
> +++ b/lib/argparse/rte_argparse.h
> @@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ struct rte_argparse {
>   *   Array of parameters points.
>   *
>   * @return
> - *   0 on success. Otherwise negative value is returned.
> + *   number of arguments parsed (>= 0) on success.
> + *   Otherwise negative error code is returned.

Please add note for "stops processing arguments when a ``--`` argument is encountered".

>   */
>  __rte_experimental
>  int rte_argparse_parse(struct rte_argparse *obj, int argc, char **argv);