eal: add human readable size formatter

It's common to use %' in the printf format specifier to make large numbers
more easily readable by having the thousands grouped. However, this
grouping does not work on Windows. Therefore, a function is needed to make
uint64_t numbers more easily readable.

Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Morten Brørup <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>

Author: Andre Muezerie

lib/eal/common/eal_common_string_fns.c

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ rte_str_to_size(const char *str)
 		endptr++; /* allow 1 space gap */
 
 	switch (*endptr) {
+	case 'E': case 'e':
+		size *= 1024; /* fall-through */
+	case 'P': case 'p':
+		size *= 1024; /* fall-through */
+	case 'T': case 't':
+		size *= 1024; /* fall-through */
 	case 'G': case 'g':
 		size *= 1024; /* fall-through */
 	case 'M': case 'm':
@@ -102,3 +109,50 @@ rte_str_to_size(const char *str)
 	}
 	return size;
 }
+
+RTE_EXPORT_EXPERIMENTAL_SYMBOL(rte_size_to_str, 25.07)
+char *
+rte_size_to_str(char *buf, int buf_size, uint64_t count, bool use_iec, const char *unit)
+{
+	/* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units */
+	const char *prefix = "kMGTPE";
+	const unsigned int base = use_iec ? 1024 : 1000;
+	uint64_t powi = 1;
+	uint16_t powj = 1;
+	uint8_t precision = 2;
+	int result;
+
+	if (count < base) {
+		if (unit != NULL && *unit != '\0')
+			result = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%"PRIu64" %s", count, unit);
+		else
+			result = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%"PRIu64, count);
+
+		return result < buf_size ? buf : NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* increase value by a factor of 1000/1024 and store
+	 * if result is something a human can read
+	 */
+	for (;;) {
+		powi *= base;
+		if (count / powi < base)
+			break;
+
+		if (prefix[1] == '\0')
+			break;
+		++prefix;
+	}
+
+	/* try to guess a good number of digits for precision */
+	for (; precision > 0; precision--) {
+		powj *= 10;
+		if (count / powi < powj)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	result = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%.*f %c%s%s", precision,
+			  (double)count / powi, *prefix, use_iec ? "i" : "",
+			  (unit != NULL) ? unit : "");
+	return result < buf_size ? buf : NULL;
+}

lib/eal/include/rte_common.h

@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdalign.h>
 
+#include <rte_compat.h>
 #include <rte_config.h>
 
 /* OS specific include */
@@ -887,6 +889,41 @@ __extension__ typedef uint64_t RTE_MARKER64[0];
 uint64_t
 rte_str_to_size(const char *str);
 
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Converts the uint64_t value provided to a human-readable string.
+ * It null-terminates the string, truncating the data if needed.
+ * An optional unit (like "B") can be provided as a string. It will be
+ * appended to the number, and a space will be inserted before the unit if needed.
+ *
+ * Sample outputs: (1) "use_iec" disabled, (2) "use_iec" enabled,
+ *                 (3) "use_iec" enabled and "B" as unit.
+ * 0 : "0", "0", "0 B"
+ * 700 : "700", "700", "700 B"
+ * 1000 : "1.00 k", "1000", "1000 B"
+ * 1024 : "1.02 k", "1.00 ki", "1.00 kiB"
+ * 21474836480 : "21.5 G", "20.0 Gi", "20.0 GiB"
+ * 109951162777600 : "110 T", "100 Ti", "100 TiB"
+ *
+ * @param buf
+ *     Buffer to write the string to.
+ * @param buf_size
+ *     Size of the buffer.
+ * @param count
+ *     Number to convert.
+ * @param use_iec
+ *     If true, use IEC units (1024-based), otherwise use SI units (1000-based).
+ * @param unit
+ *     Unit to append to the string (Like "B" for bytes). Can be NULL.
+ * @return
+ *     buf on success, NULL if the buffer is too small.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+char *
+rte_size_to_str(char *buf, int buf_size, uint64_t count, bool use_iec, const char *unit);
+
 /**
  * Function to terminate the application immediately, printing an error
  * message and returning the exit_code back to the shell.