[dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: fix support of hex string parser for flow API
Zhao1, Wei
wei.zhao1 at intel.com
Tue Apr 9 11:12:22 CEST 2019
Hi, Ferruh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:45 PM
> To: Zhao1, Wei <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org; stephen at networkplumber.org; Ananyev, Konstantin
> <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: fix support of hex string
> parser for flow API
>
> On 4/9/2019 8:38 AM, Zhao1, Wei wrote:
> > Hi, Ferruh
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> >> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 10:56 PM
> >> To: Zhao1, Wei <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> >> Cc: stable at dpdk.org; stephen at networkplumber.org; Ananyev,
> Konstantin
> >> <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] app/testpmd: fix support of hex
> >> string parser for flow API
> >>
> >> On 3/22/2019 3:15 AM, Wei Zhao wrote:
> >>> There is need for users to set configuration of HEX number for RSS
> >>> key. The key byte should be pass down as hex number not as char
> >>> string. This patch enable cmdline flow parse HEX number, in order to
> >>> not using string which pass ASIC number.
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: f4d623f96119 ("app/testpmd: fix missing RSS fields in flow
> >>> action")
> >>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zhao1 at intel.com>
> >>> Tested-by: Peng Yuan <yuan.peng at intel.com>
> >>
> >> <...>
> >>
> >>> @@ -4475,6 +4486,138 @@ parse_string(struct context *ctx, const
> >>> struct
> >> token *token,
> >>> return -1;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +static uint32_t
> >>> +get_hex_val(char c)
> >>> +{
> >>> + switch (c) {
> >>> + case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': case '5':
> >>> + case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
> >>> + return c - '0';
> >>> + case 'A': case 'B': case 'C': case 'D': case 'E': case 'F':
> >>> + return c - 'A' + 10;
> >>> + case 'a': case 'b': case 'c': case 'd': case 'e': case 'f':
> >>> + return c - 'a' + 10;
> >>> + default:
> >>> + return 0;
> >>> + }
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static int
> >>> +parse_hex_string(const char *src, uint8_t *dst, uint32_t *size) {
> >>> + const char *c;
> >>> + uint32_t i;
> >>> +
> >>> + /* Check input parameters */
> >>> + if ((src == NULL) ||
> >>> + (dst == NULL) ||
> >>> + (size == NULL) ||
> >>> + (*size == 0))
> >>> + return -1;
> >>> + if ((*size & 1) != 0)
> >>> + return -1;
> >>> +
> >>> + for (c = src, i = 0; i < *size; c++, i++) {
> >>> + if (isxdigit(*c))
> >>> + continue;
> >>> + else
> >>> + return -1;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + *size = *size / 2;
> >>> +
> >>> + /* Convert chars to bytes */
> >>> + for (i = 0; i < *size; i++)
> >>> + dst[i] = get_hex_val(src[2 * i]) * 16 +
> >>> + get_hex_val(src[2 * i + 1]);
> >>> +
> >>> + return 0;
> >>> +}
> >>
> >> I can see this has been discussed already but what would you think
> >> updating the 'parse_hex_string' something like following, it is less code to
> maintain:
> >>
> >> static int
> >> parse_hex_string(const char *src, uint8_t *dst, uint32_t *size) {
> >> int len;
> >> int i
> >> for (i = 0, len = 0; i < *size; i += 2) {
> >> char tmp[3];
> >> snprintf(tmp, 3, src + i);
> >> dst[len++] = strtoul(tmp, NULL, 16);
> >> }
> >> dst[len] = 0;
> >> *size = len;
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >>
> >> (indeed with better error checking on strtoul ;) )
> >>
> >> <...>
> >
> >
> >
> > I have change code style as your guide as bellow, but strtoul() seems
> > do not work, it return c with a none-null every time.
> > you can have a try yourself.
>
> Hi Wei,
>
> Yes it return 'c' none-null, which is OK/expected.
>
> According man page:
> "
> If endptr is not NULL, strtol() stores the address of the first invalid character
> in *endptr. If there were no digits at all, strtol() stores the original value of
> nptr in *endptr (and returns 0). In particular, if *nptr is not '\0' but **endptr
> is '\0' on return, the entire string is valid.
> "
>
> First invalid char in below is 'tmp[2]', which is '0', so 'strtol' returns '&tmp[2]',
> this is aligned with what described above.
>
> It says, "if *nptr is not '\0' but **endptr is '\0' on return, the entire string is
> valid.", beware it says "**endptr is '\0'", so following check should work:
>
> if (*c != 0) {
> len--;
> dst[len] = 0;
> *size = len;
> return -1;
> }
Yes, you are right, it keep address of 'tmp[2]' in c, update in v4 for check code .
>
> >
> >
> > static int
> > parse_hex_string(const char *src, uint8_t *dst, uint32_t *size) {
> > char *c = NULL;
> > uint32_t i, len;
> > char tmp[3];
> >
> > /* Check input parameters */
> > if ((src == NULL) ||
> > (dst == NULL) ||
> > (size == NULL) ||
> > (*size == 0))
> > return -1;
> >
> > /* Convert chars to bytes */
> > for (i = 0, len = 0; i < *size; i += 2) {
> > snprintf(tmp, 3, "%s" ,src + i);
> > dst[len++] = strtoul(tmp, &c, 16);
> > if(c)
> > return -1;
> > }
> > dst[len] = 0;
> > *size = len;
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> >>
> >>> + /* Output buffer is not necessarily NUL-terminated. */
> >>> + memcpy(buf, hex_tmp, hexlen);
> >>> + memset((uint8_t *)buf + len, 0x00, size - hexlen);
> >>
> >> Can't this overflow the 'buf'? since "len = 2 * hexlen"
> >> I guess intention is "buf + hexlen"
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