> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richard...@intel.com] > Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2022 15.40 > > 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
json -> JSON > telemetry commands will > + be similarly limited. Perhaps also add a comment about parameters to telemetry commands, for completeness. > + > * 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 > Acked-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com>
