Re: [PATCH] verbs: fix compilation error with ICC

[Leon Romanovsky <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 04:05:11PM +0200, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:
> Compiling a program including verbs.h with ICC fails with the following
> error (seen with DPDK):
>
>  /root/development/rdma-core/build/include/infiniband/verbs.h(84):
>  warning #61: integer operation result is out of range
>    static void *__VERBS_ABI_IS_EXTENDED = ((uint8_t *) NULL) - 1;
>
> Fixes: 6be16586e081 ("Infrastructure to support verbs extensions")
> Cc: yishaih-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  libibverbs/verbs.h | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/libibverbs/verbs.h b/libibverbs/verbs.h
> index 8cdf8ab..cc633a1 100644
> --- a/libibverbs/verbs.h
> +++ b/libibverbs/verbs.h
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
>  #include <errno.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
>
>  #ifdef __cplusplus
>  #  define BEGIN_C_DECLS extern "C" {
> @@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ union ibv_gid {
>
>  #define vext_field_avail(type, fld, sz) (offsetof(type, fld) < (sz))
>
> -static void *__VERBS_ABI_IS_EXTENDED = ((uint8_t *) NULL) - 1;
> +static void *__VERBS_ABI_IS_EXTENDED = (void *)UINTPTR_MAX;
>

Nelio,

I applied the patch, but it broke C++ users of the rdma-core.
UINTPTR_MAX is declared in <cstdint> for C++ and not in stdint.h [1].

Please provide fix or we will be required to revert it prior next
release.

Thanks

[1] http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/header/cstdint


>  enum ibv_node_type {
>  	IBV_NODE_UNKNOWN	= -1,
> --
> 2.1.4
>
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