út 10. 2. 2026 v 15:45 odesílatel Stephen Hemminger < [email protected]> napsal:
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 12:36:52 +0100 > Lukas Sismis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This series extracts the testpmd flow CLI parser into a reusable library, > > enabling external applications to parse rte_flow rules using testpmd > syntax. > > > > Motivation > > ---------- > > External applications like Suricata IDS [1] need to express hardware > filtering > > rules in a consistent, human-readable format. Rather than inventing > custom > > syntax, reusing testpmd's well-tested flow grammar provides immediate > > compatibility with existing documentation and user knowledge. > > > > Note: This library provides only one way to create rte_flow structures. > > Applications can also construct rte_flow_attr, rte_flow_item[], and > > rte_flow_action[] directly in C code. > > > > Design > > ------ > > The library (librte_flow_parser) exposes the following APIs: > > - rte_flow_parser_parse_attr_str(): Parse attributes only > > - rte_flow_parser_parse_pattern_str(): Parse patterns only > > - rte_flow_parser_parse_actions_str(): Parse actions only > > > > Testpmd is updated to use the library, ensuring a single > > maintained parser implementation. > > > > Testing and Demo > > ------- > > - Functional tests in dpdk-test > > - Example application: examples/flow_parsing > > I am working on being able to use null PMD to exercise rte_flow. > Will add another automated test to exercise flow parser in automated test. > Great, thank you (also for the little fixes). I tried to implement it in Suricata directly, and it suits me, so hopefully, it will work for you!
