[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 07/11] app/testpmd: use new ethernet address parser

[Thomas Monjalon]

21/07/2019 15:42, Raslan Darawsheh:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> We have a failure in testpmd commands when parsing rte_flow commands as  following which were interduce by this patch:
> 
> This rule is a valid rule to be added to testpmd:
> flow validate 0  priority  2 ingress group 0 pattern eth dst is 98:03:9B:5C:D9:00 / end actions queue index  0 / end
> 
> but, currently with latest master it will fail with Bad arguments 
> 
> the check for get_ether_addr6/3 is expecting that you reach the end of string when it parse a MAC address but for rte_flow commands it's not the case,
> since we provide the full string:
> gdb) p s
> $3 = 0x28225fa "98:03:9B:5C:D9:00 / end actions queue index  0 / end\n"

Ferruh, it seems this patch must be reverted.

We probably need to adapt testpmd to the new function
and properly test it. Let's target it for -rc3 or 19.11.