Re: [PATCH 0/4] cfgfile: enhance error detecting

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 02:40:55PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:58:36 +0000
> Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> > When I was trying to debug a problem introduced by config.ini in
> > test-dma-perf, I found the cfgfile library should enhance error
> > detecting, so got this patchset.
> > 
> > Chengwen Feng (4):
> >   cfgfile: remove dead code
> >   cfgfile: support verify name and value
> >   cfgfile: verify add section and entry result
> >   cfgfile: add unique name flag
> > 
> >  lib/cfgfile/rte_cfgfile.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  lib/cfgfile/rte_cfgfile.h |  7 ++++
> >  2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> 
> The existing cfgfile in DPDK is quite limited, and there are better
> libraries available; not sure why a reinvention was necessary.
> 
At the time, it was done to avoid having additional external dependencies.
Since then, it's generally been relatively trouble free, so it's never been
felt worth the effort to replace, I suspect.

/Bruce