Adds a new function to get value of a specific key from kvargs list.
Signed-off-by: Xueming Li <xuemi...@nvidia.com>
---
lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
lib/librte_kvargs/version.map | 1 +
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c
index ffae8914cf..40e7670ab3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c
@@ -203,6 +203,26 @@ rte_kvargs_free(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist)
free(kvlist);
}
+/* Lookup a value in an rte_kvargs list by its key. */
+const char *
+rte_kvargs_get(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, const char *key)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ if (!kvlist)
+ return NULL;
+ for (i = 0; i < kvlist->count; ++i) {
+ /* Allows key to be NULL. */
+ if (!key && !kvlist->pairs[i].key)
+ return kvlist->pairs[i].value;
+ if (!key || !kvlist->pairs[i].key)
+ continue;
+ if (!strcmp(kvlist->pairs[i].key, key))
+ return kvlist->pairs[i].value;
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
/*
* Parse the arguments "key=value,key=value,..." string and return
* an allocated structure that contains a key/value list. Also
diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
index eff598e08b..cb3ea99850 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ struct rte_kvargs *rte_kvargs_parse_delim(const char *args,
*/
void rte_kvargs_free(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist);
+/**
+ * Get the value associated with a given key.
+ *
+ * If the key is NULL, the first value from the list is returned.
+ * If multiple key matches, the value of the first one is returned.
+ *
+ * The memory returned is allocated as part of the rte_kvargs structure,
+ * it must never be modified.
+ *
+ * @param kvlist
+ * A list of rte_kvargs pair of 'key=value'.
+ * @param key
+ * The matching key.
+
+ * @return
+ * NULL if no key matches the input, a value associated with a matching
+ * key otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+const char *rte_kvargs_get(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, const char *key);
+
/**
* Call a handler function for each key/value matching the key
*
diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/version.map b/lib/librte_kvargs/version.map
index ed375bf4a3..e2bf792c60 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/version.map
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ DPDK_21 {
EXPERIMENTAL {
global:
+ rte_kvargs_get;
rte_kvargs_parse_delim;
rte_kvargs_strcmp;
--
2.25.1
