[PATCH v1 0/5] flow_parser: add shared parser library

[Lukas Sismis]

This series extracts the testpmd flow CLI parser into a reusable library,
enabling external applications to parse rte_flow rules using testpmd syntax.

Motivation
----------
External applications like Suricata IDS [1] need to express hardware filtering
rules in a consistent, human-readable format. Rather than inventing custom
syntax, reusing testpmd's well-tested flow grammar provides immediate
compatibility with existing documentation and user knowledge.

Note: This library provides only one way to create rte_flow structures.
Applications can also construct rte_flow_attr, rte_flow_item[], and
rte_flow_action[] directly in C code.

Design
------
The library (librte_flow_parser) exposes:
- rte_flow_parser_parse(): Parse command strings into structured output
- rte_flow_parser_parse_attr_str(): Parse attributes only
- rte_flow_parser_parse_pattern_str(): Parse patterns only
- rte_flow_parser_parse_actions_str(): Parse actions only

Testpmd is updated to use the shared library, ensuring a single
maintained parser implementation.

Testing
-------
- Unit tests: flow_parser_autotest, flow_parser_helpers_autotest
- Example application: examples/flow_parsing
- All existing testpmd flow commands work unchanged




Note:
This initial submission is to mainly trigger QA, but feedback is highly 
appreciated.

[1] https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/13950

Lukas Sismis (5):
  flow_parser: add shared parser library
  app/testpmd: integrate shared flow parser library
  examples/flow_parsing: add flow parser demo
  test: add flow parser unit tests
  doc: add flow parser library maintainers

 .mailmap                                      |     3 +-
 MAINTAINERS                                   |     3 +
 app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c                  |    41 +-
 app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                        |   215 +-
 app/test-pmd/config.c                         |   109 +-
 app/test-pmd/flow_parser.c                    |   745 ++
 app/test-pmd/flow_parser.h                    |     8 +
 app/test-pmd/flow_parser_cli.c                |   149 +
 app/test-pmd/meson.build                      |     5 +-
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.c                        |     4 +
 app/test-pmd/testpmd.h                        |   124 +-
 app/test/meson.build                          |     1 +
 app/test/test_flow_parser.c                   |   226 +
 doc/guides/prog_guide/flow_parser_lib.rst     |   140 +
 doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst               |     1 +
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst        |     9 +
 examples/flow_parsing/main.c                  |   348 +
 examples/flow_parsing/meson.build             |    11 +
 examples/meson.build                          |     1 +
 lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c                       |   107 +
 lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h                       |    60 +
 lib/flow_parser/meson.build                   |     6 +
 .../flow_parser/rte_flow_parser.c             | 10727 ++++++++--------
 lib/flow_parser/rte_flow_parser.h             |  1296 ++
 lib/meson.build                               |     1 +
 25 files changed, 8858 insertions(+), 5482 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app/test-pmd/flow_parser.c
 create mode 100644 app/test-pmd/flow_parser.h
 create mode 100644 app/test-pmd/flow_parser_cli.c
 create mode 100644 app/test/test_flow_parser.c
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/flow_parser_lib.rst
 create mode 100644 examples/flow_parsing/main.c
 create mode 100644 examples/flow_parsing/meson.build
 create mode 100644 lib/flow_parser/meson.build
 rename app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c => lib/flow_parser/rte_flow_parser.c (57%)
 create mode 100644 lib/flow_parser/rte_flow_parser.h

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