[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 14/27] kvargs: add generic string matching callback

[Gaetan Rivet]

This function can be used as a callback to
rte_kvargs_process.

This should reduce code duplication.

Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.ri...@6wind.com>
---
 lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c           | 10 +++++++++
 lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h           | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs_version.map |  1 +
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c
index 519f77679..8270d2939 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c
@@ -193,3 +193,13 @@ rte_kvargs_parse2(const char *args, const char * const 
valid_keys[],
        free(copy);
        return kvlist;
 }
+
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_kvargs_strcmp(const char *key __rte_unused,
+                 const char *value, void *opaque)
+{
+       const char *str = opaque;
+
+       return -abs(strcmp(str, value));
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
index 98c4ed1bf..ac2999ef3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include <rte_compat.h>
+
 /** Maximum number of key/value associations */
 #define RTE_KVARGS_MAX 32
 
@@ -151,6 +153,32 @@ int rte_kvargs_process(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist,
 unsigned rte_kvargs_count(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist,
        const char *key_match);
 
+/**
+ * Generic kvarg handler for string comparison.
+ *
+ * This function can be used for a generic string comparison processing
+ * on a list of kvargs.
+ *
+ * @param key
+ *   kvarg pair key.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *   kvarg pair value.
+ *
+ * @param opaque
+ *   Opaque pointer to a string.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 if the strings match.
+ *   !0 otherwise or on error.
+ *
+ *   Unless strcmp, comparison ordering is not kept.
+ *   In order for rte_kvargs_process to stop processing on match error,
+ *   a negative value is returned even if strcmp had returned a positive one.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_kvargs_strcmp(const char *key, const char *value, void *opaque);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs_version.map 
b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs_version.map
index b9fe44b98..6a41a6b65 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs_version.map
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
        global:
 
        rte_kvargs_parse2;
+       rte_kvargs_strcmp;
 
 } DPDK_2.0;
-- 
2.18.0