[RFC PATCH 2/7] telemetry: add uint type as alias for u64

[Tyler Retzlaff]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 06:27:25PM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> For future standardization on the "uint" name for unsigned values rather
> than the existing "u64" one, we can for now:
> * rename all internal values to use uint rather than u64
> * add new function names to alias the existing u64 ones
> 
> Suggested-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h  | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/telemetry/telemetry.c      | 16 +++++++--------
>  lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++--------
>  lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.h |  4 ++--
>  lib/telemetry/version.map      |  7 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h b/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
> index c2ad65effe..60877dae0a 100644
> --- a/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
> +++ b/lib/telemetry/rte_telemetry.h
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
>  #ifndef _RTE_TELEMETRY_H_
>  #define _RTE_TELEMETRY_H_
>  
> +#include <rte_compat.h>
> +
>  #ifdef __cplusplus
>  extern "C" {
>  #endif
> @@ -121,6 +123,22 @@ int
>  rte_tel_data_add_array_int(struct rte_tel_data *d, int x);
>  
>  /**

when adding __rte_experimental api i have been asked to add the
following boilerplate documentation block. i'm not pushing it, just
recalling it is what i get asked for, so in case it's something we do?
see lib/eal/include/rte_thread.h as an example


```
 * @warning
 * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
```

> + * Add an unsigned value to an array.
> + * The array must have been started by rte_tel_data_start_array() with
> + * RTE_TEL_UINT_VAL as the type parameter.
> + *
> + * @param d
> + *   The data structure passed to the callback
> + * @param x
> + *   The number to be returned in the array
> + * @return
> + *   0 on success, negative errno on error
> + */
> +__rte_experimental
> +int
> +rte_tel_data_add_array_uint(struct rte_tel_data *d, uint64_t x);
> +