[PATCH V4 7/9] telemetry: support adding integer value as hexadecimal

lihuisong (C) lihuisong at huawei.com
Wed Dec 14 13:17:24 CET 2022


在 2022/12/14 15:28, Morten Brørup 写道:
>> From: lihuisong (C) [mailto:lihuisong at huawei.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2022 03.44
>>
>> 在 2022/12/14 1:09, Bruce Richardson 写道:
>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 06:15:10PM +0800, Huisong Li wrote:
>>>> Sometimes displaying a unsigned integer value as hexadecimal encoded
>> style
>>>> is more expected for human consumption, such as, offload capability
>> and
>>>> device flag. This patch introduces two APIs to add unsigned integer
>> (can be
>>>> one of uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t and uint64_t type) value as
>> hexadecimal
>>>> encoded string to array or dictionary. If the 'val_bits' is zero,
>> the value
>>>> is stored as hexadecimal encoded string without padding zero.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
>>> Thanks for the patch. Agree with the principle of it, but some
>> comments
>>> inline.
>>>
>>> /Bruce
>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>    lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h  | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c | 58
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    lib/telemetry/version.map      |  9 ++++++
>>>>    3 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
>> b/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
>>>> index 40e9a3bf9d..88b34097b0 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
>>>> +++ b/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
>>>> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>    #endif
>>>>
>>>>    #include <stdint.h>
>>>> +#include <rte_compat.h>
>>>>
>>>>    /** Maximum length for string used in object. */
>>>>    #define RTE_TEL_MAX_STRING_LEN 128
>>>> @@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>    /** Maximum number of array entries. */
>>>>    #define RTE_TEL_MAX_ARRAY_ENTRIES 512
>>>>
>>>> +#define RTE_TEL_U8_BITS  8
>>>> +#define RTE_TEL_U16_BITS 16
>>>> +#define RTE_TEL_U32_BITS 32
>>>> +#define RTE_TEL_U64_BITS 64
>>>> +
>>> Not sure these are really necessary, but fairly harmless I suppose.
>> This is convenient for the user to use.
>>>>    /**
>>>>     * @file
>>>>     *
>>>> @@ -153,6 +159,27 @@ int
>>>>    rte_tel_data_add_array_container(struct rte_tel_data *d,
>>>>    		struct rte_tel_data *val, int keep);
>>>>
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * Convert a unsigned integer to hexadecimal encoded strings and
>> add this string
>>>> + * to an array.
>>>> + * The array must have been started by rte_tel_data_start_array()
>> with
>>>> + * RTE_TEL_STRING_VAL as the type parameter.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @param d
>>>> + *   The data structure passed to the callback
>>>> + * @param val
>>>> + *   The number to be returned in the array as a hexadecimal
>> encoded strings.
>>>> + *   The type of ''val' can be one of uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t
>> and uint64_t.
>>> Not sure this last line needs to be stated.
>>>
>>>> + * @param val_bits
>>>> + *   The total bits of the input 'val'. If val_bits is zero, the
>> value is stored
>>>> + *   in the array as hexadecimal encoded string without padding
>> zero.
>>>> + * @return
>>>> + *   0 on success, negative errno on error
>>>> + */
>>>> +__rte_experimental
>>>> +int rte_tel_data_add_array_uint_hex(struct rte_tel_data *d,
>> uint64_t val,
>>>> +				    uint16_t val_bits);
>>>> +
>>> Just watch for whitespace consistency and coding standards. The "int"
>>> should be on  a line by itself, so the function name always starts in
>>> column 0 of a line.
>> Sorry, I refer to a wrong example.
>>> I would also suggest renaming "val_bits" - maybe "display_bitwidth"
>> would
>>> be clearer, though also rather long.
>> The 'val_bits' means the total bits of input 'val', It also reflects
>> the
>> type of data
>> to be stored in hexadecimal. After all, we use 'u64' to cover all
>> unisgned integer types.
>> And this function is introduced for adding hexadecimal format value,
>> not
>> binary format.
>> The value can not be stored exactly according to the input
>> "display_bitwidth".
>> If we limit to only 8/16/32/64 integer types, the 'val_bits' is better,
>> I think.
> NAK to limiting the bitwidth to 8/16/32/64 bits!
>
> The function should be able to dump bitfields, such as the TCP flags, where the bitwidth is 6.
>
>>>>    /**
>>>>     * Add a string value to a dictionary.
>>>>     * The dict must have been started by rte_tel_data_start_dict().
>>>> @@ -231,6 +258,29 @@ int
>>>>    rte_tel_data_add_dict_container(struct rte_tel_data *d, const char
>> *name,
>>>>    		struct rte_tel_data *val, int keep);
>>>>
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * Convert a unsigned integer to hexadecimal encoded strings and
>> add this string
>>>> + * to an dictionary.
>>>> + * The dict must have been started by rte_tel_data_start_dict().
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @param d
>>>> + *   The data structure passed to the callback
>>>> + * @param name
>>>> + *   The name of the value is to be stored in the dict
>>>> + *   Must contain only alphanumeric characters or the symbols: '_'
>> or '/'
>>>> + * @param val
>>>> + *   The number to be stored in the dict as a hexadecimal encoded
>> strings.
>>>> + *   The type of ''val' can be one of uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t
>> and uint64_t.
>>>> + * @param val_bits
>>>> + *   The total bits of the input 'val'. If val_bits is zero, the
>> value is stored
>>>> + *   in the array as hexadecimal encoded string without padding
>> zero.
>>>> + * @return
>>>> + *   0 on success, negative errno on error
>>>> + */
>>>> +__rte_experimental
>>>> +int rte_tel_data_add_dict_uint_hex(struct rte_tel_data *d, const
>> char *name,
>>>> +				   uint64_t val, uint16_t val_bits);
>>>> +
>>> same comments as above.
>>>
>>>>    /**
>>>>     * This telemetry callback is used when registering a telemetry
>> command.
>>>>     * It handles getting and formatting information to be returned to
>> telemetry
>>>> diff --git a/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
>> b/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
>>>> index 080d99aec9..fb2f711d99 100644
>>>> --- a/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
>>>> +++ b/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
>>>> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>>>>
>>>>    #include <errno.h>
>>>>    #include <stdlib.h>
>>>> +#include <inttypes.h>
>>>>
>>>>    #undef RTE_USE_LIBBSD
>>>>    #include <stdbool.h>
>>>> @@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
>>>>
>>>>    #include "telemetry_data.h"
>>>>
>>>> +#define RTE_TEL_UINT_HEX_STRING_BUFFER_LEN 64
>>>> +#define RTE_TEL_UINT_HEX_FORMAT_LEN 16
>>>> +
>>>>    int
>>>>    rte_tel_data_start_array(struct rte_tel_data *d, enum
>> rte_tel_value_type type)
>>>>    {
>>>> @@ -113,6 +117,33 @@ rte_tel_data_add_array_container(struct
>> rte_tel_data *d,
>>>>    	return 0;
>>>>    }
>>>>
>>>> +int
>>>> +rte_tel_data_add_array_uint_hex(struct rte_tel_data *d, uint64_t
>> val,
>>>> +				uint16_t val_bits)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	char hex_str[RTE_TEL_UINT_HEX_STRING_BUFFER_LEN];
>>>> +
>>>> +	switch (val_bits) {
>>>> +	case RTE_TEL_U8_BITS:
>>>> +		sprintf(hex_str, "0x%02"PRIx64"", val);
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	case RTE_TEL_U16_BITS:
>>>> +		sprintf(hex_str, "0x%04"PRIx64"", val);
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	case RTE_TEL_U32_BITS:
>>>> +		sprintf(hex_str, "0x%08"PRIx64"", val);
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	case RTE_TEL_U64_BITS:
>>>> +		sprintf(hex_str, "0x%016"PRIx64"", val);
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	default:
>>>> +		sprintf(hex_str, "0x%"PRIx64"", val);
>>>> +		break;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	return rte_tel_data_add_array_string(d, hex_str);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>> This assume we only want those power-of-2 sizes. Is there a reason
>> why we
>>> can't use the code suggested by Morten in the discussion on v3?
>> Having the
>>> extra flexibility might be nice if we can get it.
>> The compiler doesn't like it. There is a warning:
>> 'warning: format not a string literal, argument types not checked
>> [-Wformat-nonliteral]'
> You can surround the affected functions by some #pragma to temporarily disable that warning.
Good idea! I will fix it in V5.
>
> I assume you noticed the bugs in my code:
>
> char str[64]; // FIXME: Use correct size.
> if (bits != 0) {
>    char format[16]; // FIXME: Use correct size.
>    sprintf(format, "0x%%0%u" PRIx64, (bits + 3) / 4); // bug fixed here
>    sprintf(str, format, value);
> } else {
>    sprintf(str, "0x%" PRIx64, value);
> }
>
>
>>> If we do need to limit to only 8/16/32/64, then I recommend using an
>> enum
>>> in the header rather than #defines for those values. That makes it
>> clearer
>>> that only a very limited range is supported.
>>>
>>> Also, code above treats all values other than 8/16/32/64 as if they
>> were 0.
>>> If 20, for example, is passed, we probably want to return error
>> rather than
>>> treating it as zero.
>> I have to only consider 8/16/32/64 integer types because of above
>> warning.
>> In addition, the normal unsigned integer data is one of them. If user
>> forces
>> '0xf1f23' value to 10 bitwidth to display, it will be truncated as
>> 0xf23.
> The printf width field specifies the MINIMUM number of characters to output.
>
> Truncation would be a bug in the C library.
>
>> It seems pointless and unfriendly.
>> So overall, this function is limited to all uint types, and is
>> currently
>> fully adequate.
>>
>> Do we need to check other bitwidth? If the 'val_bits' isn't 8/16/32/64,
>> it is processed as
>> no-padding zero.
>


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