Chuck Lever 4b132aacb0 tools: Add xdrgen
Add a Python-based tool for translating XDR specifications into XDR
encoder and decoder functions written in the Linux kernel's C coding
style. The generator attempts to match the usual C coding style of
the Linux kernel's SunRPC consumers.

This approach is similar to the netlink code generator in
tools/net/ynl .

The maintainability benefits of machine-generated XDR code include:

- Stronger type checking
- Reduces the number of bugs introduced by human error
- Makes the XDR code easier to audit and analyze
- Enables rapid prototyping of new RPC-based protocols
- Hardens the layering between protocol logic and marshaling
- Makes it easier to add observability on demand
- Unit tests might be built for both the tool and (automatically)
  for the generated code

In addition, converting the XDR layer to use memory-safe languages
such as Rust will be easier if much of the code can be converted
automatically.

Tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2024-09-20 19:31:39 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# ex: set filetype=python:
"""Common parsing code for xdrgen"""
from lark import Lark
# Set to True to emit annotation comments in generated source
annotate = False
def set_xdr_annotate(set_it: bool) -> None:
"""Set 'annotate' if --annotate was specified on the command line"""
global annotate
annotate = set_it
def get_xdr_annotate() -> bool:
"""Return True if --annotate was specified on the command line"""
return annotate
def xdr_parser() -> Lark:
"""Return a Lark parser instance configured with the XDR language grammar"""
return Lark.open(
"grammars/xdr.lark",
rel_to=__file__,
start="specification",
debug=True,
strict=True,
propagate_positions=True,
parser="lalr",
lexer="contextual",
)