[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section

[Dumitrescu, Cristian]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allain Legacy [mailto:allain.legacy at windriver.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 7:29 PM
> To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; Dumitrescu, Cristian
> <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Jolliffe, Ian (Wind River) <ian.jolliffe at windriver.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 3/5] cfgfile: add support for unamed global section
> 
> The current implementation of the cfgfile library requires that all
> key=value pairs be within [SECTION] definitions.  The ini file standard
> allows for key=value pairs in an unnamed section.  That section is
> considered the [GLOBAL] section.
> 
> This commit adds the capability of parsing key=value pairs from such an
> unnamed section. The CFG_FLAG_GLOBAL_SECTION flag must be passed to
> the
> rte_cfgfile_load() API to enable this functionality.
> 

What is the motivation for the having key/value pair outside of any section? What would be the drawback of having the user explicitly define a GLOBAL section to host these key/value pairs?