2 * Parsing KEY=VALUE,... strings
4 * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat Inc.
7 * Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
9 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
10 * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
14 * KEY=VALUE,... syntax:
16 * key-vals = [ key-val { ',' key-val } [ ',' ] ]
17 * key-val = key '=' val | help
18 * key = key-fragment { '.' key-fragment }
19 * key-fragment = qapi-name | index
20 * qapi-name = '__' / [a-z0-9.-]+ / '_' / [A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_-]* /
22 * val = { / [^,]+ / | ',,' }
25 * Semantics defined by reduction to JSON:
27 * key-vals specifies a JSON object, i.e. a tree whose root is an
28 * object, inner nodes other than the root are objects or arrays,
29 * and leaves are strings.
31 * Each key-val = key-fragment '.' ... '=' val specifies a path from
32 * root to a leaf (left of '='), and the leaf's value (right of
35 * A path from the root is defined recursively:
36 * L '.' key-fragment is a child of the node denoted by path L
37 * key-fragment is a child of the tree root
38 * If key-fragment is numeric, the parent is an array and the child
39 * is its key-fragment-th member, counting from zero.
40 * Else, the parent is an object, and the child is its member named
43 * This constrains inner nodes to be either array or object. The
44 * constraints must be satisfiable. Counter-example: a.b=1,a=2 is
45 * not, because root.a must be an object to satisfy a.b=1 and a
46 * string to satisfy a=2.
48 * Array subscripts can occur in any order, but the set of
49 * subscripts must not have gaps. For instance, a.1=v is not okay,
50 * because root.a[0] is missing.
52 * If multiple key-val denote the same leaf, the last one determines
55 * Key-fragments must be valid QAPI names or consist only of decimal
58 * The length of any key-fragment must be between 1 and 127.
60 * If any key-val is help, the object is to be treated as a help
63 * Design flaw: there is no way to denote an empty array or non-root
64 * object. While interpreting "key absent" as empty seems natural
65 * (removing a key-val from the input string removes the member when
66 * there are more, so why not when it's the last), it doesn't work:
67 * "key absent" already means "optional object/array absent", which
68 * isn't the same as "empty object/array present".
70 * Design flaw: scalar values can only be strings; there is no way to
71 * denote numbers, true, false or null. The special QObject input
72 * visitor returned by qobject_input_visitor_new_keyval() mostly hides
73 * this by automatically converting strings to the type the visitor
74 * expects. Breaks down for type 'any', where the visitor's
75 * expectation isn't clear. Code visiting 'any' needs to do the
76 * conversion itself, but only when using this keyval visitor.
77 * Awkward. Note that we carefully restrict alternate types to avoid
80 * Alternative syntax for use with an implied key:
82 * key-vals = [ key-val-1st { ',' key-val } [ ',' ] ]
83 * key-val-1st = val-no-key | key-val
84 * val-no-key = / [^=,]+ / - help
86 * where val-no-key is syntactic sugar for implied-key=val-no-key.
88 * Note that you can't use the sugared form when the value contains
92 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
93 #include "qapi/error.h"
94 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
95 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
96 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
97 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
98 #include "qemu/keyval.h"
99 #include "qemu/help_option.h"
102 * Convert @key to a list index.
103 * Convert all leading decimal digits to a (non-negative) number,
105 * If @end is non-null, assign a pointer to the first character after
106 * the number to *@end.
107 * Else, fail if any characters follow.
108 * On success, return the converted number.
109 * On failure, return a negative value.
110 * Note: since only digits are converted, no two keys can map to the
111 * same number, except by overflow to INT_MAX.
113 static int key_to_index(const char *key
, const char **end
)
118 if (*key
< '0' || *key
> '9') {
121 ret
= qemu_strtoul(key
, end
, 10, &index
);
123 return ret
== -ERANGE
? INT_MAX
: ret
;
125 return index
<= INT_MAX
? index
: INT_MAX
;
129 * Ensure @cur maps @key_in_cur the right way.
130 * If @value is null, it needs to map to a QDict, else to this
132 * If @cur doesn't have @key_in_cur, put an empty QDict or @value,
134 * Else, if it needs to map to a QDict, and already does, do nothing.
135 * Else, if it needs to map to this QString, and already maps to a
136 * QString, replace it by @value.
137 * Else, fail because we have conflicting needs on how to map
139 * In any case, take over the reference to @value, i.e. if the caller
140 * wants to hold on to a reference, it needs to qobject_ref().
141 * Use @key up to @key_cursor to identify the key in error messages.
142 * On success, return the mapped value.
143 * On failure, store an error through @errp and return NULL.
145 static QObject
*keyval_parse_put(QDict
*cur
,
146 const char *key_in_cur
, QString
*value
,
147 const char *key
, const char *key_cursor
,
152 old
= qdict_get(cur
, key_in_cur
);
154 if (qobject_type(old
) != (value
? QTYPE_QSTRING
: QTYPE_QDICT
)) {
155 error_setg(errp
, "Parameters '%.*s.*' used inconsistently",
156 (int)(key_cursor
- key
), key
);
157 qobject_unref(value
);
161 return old
; /* already QDict, do nothing */
163 new = QOBJECT(value
); /* replacement */
165 new = value
? QOBJECT(value
) : QOBJECT(qdict_new());
167 qdict_put_obj(cur
, key_in_cur
, new);
172 * Parse one parameter from @params.
174 * If we're looking at KEY=VALUE, store result in @qdict.
175 * The first fragment of KEY applies to @qdict. Subsequent fragments
176 * apply to nested QDicts, which are created on demand. @implied_key
177 * is as in keyval_parse().
179 * If we're looking at "help" or "?", set *help to true.
181 * On success, return a pointer to the next parameter, or else to '\0'.
182 * On failure, return NULL.
184 static const char *keyval_parse_one(QDict
*qdict
, const char *params
,
185 const char *implied_key
, bool *help
,
188 const char *key
, *key_end
, *val_end
, *s
, *end
;
190 char key_in_cur
[128];
198 len
= strcspn(params
, "=,");
199 if (len
&& key
[len
] != '=') {
200 if (starts_with_help_option(key
) == len
) {
209 /* Desugar implied key */
211 val_end
= params
+ len
;
212 len
= strlen(implied_key
);
218 * Loop over key fragments: @s points to current fragment, it
219 * applies to @cur. @key_in_cur[] holds the previous fragment.
224 /* Want a key index (unless it's first) or a QAPI name */
225 if (s
!= key
&& key_to_index(s
, &end
) >= 0) {
228 ret
= parse_qapi_name(s
, false);
229 len
= ret
< 0 ? 0 : ret
;
231 assert(s
+ len
<= key_end
);
232 if (!len
|| (s
+ len
< key_end
&& s
[len
] != '.')) {
233 assert(key
!= implied_key
);
234 error_setg(errp
, "Invalid parameter '%.*s'",
235 (int)(key_end
- key
), key
);
238 if (len
>= sizeof(key_in_cur
)) {
239 assert(key
!= implied_key
);
240 error_setg(errp
, "Parameter%s '%.*s' is too long",
241 s
!= key
|| s
+ len
!= key_end
? " fragment" : "",
247 next
= keyval_parse_put(cur
, key_in_cur
, NULL
,
252 cur
= qobject_to(QDict
, next
);
256 memcpy(key_in_cur
, s
, len
);
266 if (key
== implied_key
) {
268 val
= g_string_new_len(params
, val_end
- params
);
275 error_setg(errp
, "Expected '=' after parameter '%.*s'",
276 (int)(s
- key
), key
);
281 val
= g_string_new(NULL
);
285 } else if (*s
== ',') {
291 g_string_append_c(val
, *s
++);
295 if (!keyval_parse_put(cur
, key_in_cur
, qstring_from_gstring(val
),
296 key
, key_end
, errp
)) {
302 static char *reassemble_key(GSList
*key
)
304 GString
*s
= g_string_new("");
307 for (p
= key
; p
; p
= p
->next
) {
308 g_string_prepend_c(s
, '.');
309 g_string_prepend(s
, (char *)p
->data
);
312 return g_string_free(s
, FALSE
);
316 * Recursive worker for keyval_merge.
318 * @str is the path that led to the * current dictionary (to be used for
319 * error messages). It is modified internally but restored before the
322 static void keyval_do_merge(QDict
*dest
, const QDict
*merged
, GString
*str
, Error
**errp
)
324 size_t save_len
= str
->len
;
325 const QDictEntry
*ent
;
328 for (ent
= qdict_first(merged
); ent
; ent
= qdict_next(merged
, ent
)) {
329 old_value
= qdict_get(dest
, ent
->key
);
331 if (qobject_type(old_value
) != qobject_type(ent
->value
)) {
332 error_setg(errp
, "Parameter '%s%s' used inconsistently",
335 } else if (qobject_type(ent
->value
) == QTYPE_QDICT
) {
336 /* Merge sub-dictionaries. */
337 g_string_append(str
, ent
->key
);
338 g_string_append_c(str
, '.');
339 keyval_do_merge(qobject_to(QDict
, old_value
),
340 qobject_to(QDict
, ent
->value
),
342 g_string_truncate(str
, save_len
);
344 } else if (qobject_type(ent
->value
) == QTYPE_QLIST
) {
345 /* Append to old list. */
346 QList
*old
= qobject_to(QList
, old_value
);
347 QList
*new = qobject_to(QList
, ent
->value
);
348 const QListEntry
*item
;
349 QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(new, item
) {
350 qobject_ref(item
->value
);
351 qlist_append_obj(old
, item
->value
);
355 assert(qobject_type(ent
->value
) == QTYPE_QSTRING
);
359 qobject_ref(ent
->value
);
360 qdict_put_obj(dest
, ent
->key
, ent
->value
);
364 /* Merge the @merged dictionary into @dest.
366 * The dictionaries are expected to be returned by the keyval parser, and
367 * therefore the only expected scalar type is the string. In case the same
368 * path is present in both @dest and @merged, the semantics are as follows:
370 * - lists are concatenated
372 * - dictionaries are merged recursively
374 * - for scalar values, @merged wins
376 * In case an error is reported, @dest may already have been modified.
378 * This function can be used to implement semantics analogous to QemuOpts's
379 * .merge_lists = true case, or to implement -set for options backed by QDicts.
381 * Note: while QemuOpts is commonly used so that repeated keys overwrite
382 * ("last one wins"), it can also be used so that repeated keys build up
383 * a list. keyval_merge() can only be used when the options' semantics are
384 * the former, not the latter.
386 void keyval_merge(QDict
*dest
, const QDict
*merged
, Error
**errp
)
390 str
= g_string_new("");
391 keyval_do_merge(dest
, merged
, str
, errp
);
392 g_string_free(str
, TRUE
);
396 * Listify @cur recursively.
397 * Replace QDicts whose keys are all valid list indexes by QLists.
398 * @key_of_cur is the list of key fragments leading up to @cur.
399 * On success, return either @cur or its replacement.
400 * On failure, store an error through @errp and return NULL.
402 static QObject
*keyval_listify(QDict
*cur
, GSList
*key_of_cur
, Error
**errp
)
405 bool has_index
, has_member
;
406 const QDictEntry
*ent
;
412 int index
, max_index
, i
;
415 key_node
.next
= key_of_cur
;
418 * Recursively listify @cur's members, and figure out whether @cur
419 * itself is to be listified.
423 for (ent
= qdict_first(cur
); ent
; ent
= qdict_next(cur
, ent
)) {
424 if (key_to_index(ent
->key
, NULL
) >= 0) {
430 qdict
= qobject_to(QDict
, ent
->value
);
435 key_node
.data
= ent
->key
;
436 val
= keyval_listify(qdict
, &key_node
, errp
);
440 if (val
!= ent
->value
) {
441 qdict_put_obj(cur
, ent
->key
, val
);
445 if (has_index
&& has_member
) {
446 key
= reassemble_key(key_of_cur
);
447 error_setg(errp
, "Parameters '%s*' used inconsistently", key
);
455 /* Copy @cur's values to @elt[] */
456 nelt
= qdict_size(cur
) + 1; /* one extra, for use as sentinel */
457 elt
= g_new0(QObject
*, nelt
);
459 for (ent
= qdict_first(cur
); ent
; ent
= qdict_next(cur
, ent
)) {
460 index
= key_to_index(ent
->key
, NULL
);
462 if (index
> max_index
) {
466 * We iterate @nelt times. If we get one exceeding @nelt
467 * here, we will put less than @nelt values into @elt[],
468 * triggering the error in the next loop.
470 if ((size_t)index
>= nelt
- 1) {
473 /* Even though dict keys are distinct, indexes need not be */
474 elt
[index
] = ent
->value
;
478 * Make a list from @elt[], reporting the first missing element,
480 * If we dropped an index >= nelt in the previous loop, this loop
481 * will run into the sentinel and report index @nelt missing.
484 assert(!elt
[nelt
-1]); /* need the sentinel to be null */
485 for (i
= 0; i
< MIN(nelt
, max_index
+ 1); i
++) {
487 key
= reassemble_key(key_of_cur
);
488 error_setg(errp
, "Parameter '%s%d' missing", key
, i
);
495 qlist_append_obj(list
, elt
[i
]);
499 return QOBJECT(list
);
503 * Parse @params in QEMU's traditional KEY=VALUE,... syntax.
505 * If @implied_key, the first KEY= can be omitted. @implied_key is
506 * implied then, and VALUE can't be empty or contain ',' or '='.
508 * A parameter "help" or "?" without a value isn't added to the
509 * resulting dictionary, but instead is interpreted as help request.
510 * All other options are parsed and returned normally so that context
511 * specific help can be printed.
513 * If @p_help is not NULL, store whether help is requested there.
514 * If @p_help is NULL and help is requested, fail.
516 * On success, return @dict, now filled with the parsed keys and values.
518 * On failure, store an error through @errp and return NULL. Any keys
519 * and values parsed so far will be in @dict nevertheless.
521 QDict
*keyval_parse_into(QDict
*qdict
, const char *params
, const char *implied_key
,
522 bool *p_help
, Error
**errp
)
530 s
= keyval_parse_one(qdict
, s
, implied_key
, &help
, errp
);
540 error_setg(errp
, "Help is not available for this option");
544 listified
= keyval_listify(qdict
, NULL
, errp
);
548 assert(listified
== QOBJECT(qdict
));
553 * Parse @params in QEMU's traditional KEY=VALUE,... syntax.
555 * If @implied_key, the first KEY= can be omitted. @implied_key is
556 * implied then, and VALUE can't be empty or contain ',' or '='.
558 * A parameter "help" or "?" without a value isn't added to the
559 * resulting dictionary, but instead is interpreted as help request.
560 * All other options are parsed and returned normally so that context
561 * specific help can be printed.
563 * If @p_help is not NULL, store whether help is requested there.
564 * If @p_help is NULL and help is requested, fail.
566 * On success, return a dictionary of the parsed keys and values.
567 * On failure, store an error through @errp and return NULL.
569 QDict
*keyval_parse(const char *params
, const char *implied_key
,
570 bool *p_help
, Error
**errp
)
572 QDict
*qdict
= qdict_new();
573 QDict
*ret
= keyval_parse_into(qdict
, params
, implied_key
, p_help
, errp
);
576 qobject_unref(qdict
);