[PATCH v2] app/test-pmd: add generic PROG action parser support

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue May 26 21:22:18 CEST 2026


On Thu, 21 May 2026 15:43:54 +0530
Megha Ajmera <megha.ajmera at intel.com> wrote:

> Add parser support for a generic PROG flow action in testpmd.
> 
> The update adds CLI tokens and parsing logic for program name and
> argument tuples (name, size, value), enabling programmable action
> configuration through the flow command interface.
> 
> Example flow rule:
>   flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / end actions prog name my_prog
>   argument name arg0 size 4 value 10 / end
> 
> Signed-off-by: Megha Ajmera <megha.ajmera at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Praveen Shetty <praveen.shetty at intel.com>
> ---

This looks like a third attempt to parse text into rte_flow.
Not sure how this fits in and why it would be useful?


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