Following discussion on-list [1], we will look to limited the allowed characters in names for items in telemetry. This will simplify the escaping needed for json output, or any future output formats. The lists will initially be minimal, since expansion to allow more characters can be done without affecting compatibility, while reducing the set cannot.
Cc: m...@smartsharesystems.com Cc: step...@networkplumber.org Cc: ciara.po...@intel.com Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> [1] http://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20220623164245.561371-1-bruce.richard...@intel.com/#r --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 4e5b23c53d..9366690ec5 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ Deprecation Notices * metrics: The function ``rte_metrics_init`` will have a non-void return in order to notify errors instead of calling ``rte_exit``. +* telemetry: The allowed characters in names for dictionary values will be limited to + alphanumeric characters and a small subset of additional printable characters. + This will ensure that all dictionary parameter names can be output without escaping + in json - or in any future output format used. Names for the telemetry commands will + be similarly limited. + * raw/ioat: The ``ioat`` rawdev driver has been deprecated, since it's functionality is provided through the new ``dmadev`` infrastructure. To continue to use hardware previously supported by the ``ioat`` rawdev driver, -- 2.34.1
