Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mempool/octeontx2: fix compile issue

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

17/02/2020 14:06, Jerin Jacob:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:39 PM <taox.zhu@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Tao Zhu <taox.zhu@intel.com>
> >
> > Change the definition of C99 style to C90 style.
> > compile log as below:
> >
> > otx2_mempool_ops.c: In function ‘otx2_npa_populate’:
> > /dpdk/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c:790:2: error: \
> >         ‘for’ loop initial declarations are only allowed in C99 mode
> >   for (int i = 0; i < OTX2_L1D_NB_SETS; i++)
> >   ^
> > /dpdk/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c:790:2: \
> >         note: use option -std=c99 or -std=gnu99 to compile your code
> > /dpdk/drivers/mempool/octeontx2/otx2_mempool_ops.c: At top level:
> > cc1: error: unrecognized command line option \
> >         "-Wno-address-of-packed-member" [-Werror]
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> > make[6]: *** [otx2_mempool_ops.o] Error 1
> > make[5]: *** [octeontx2] Error 2
> > make[4]: *** [mempool] Error 2
> >
> > Fixes: 9ed8e95c ("mempool/octeontx2: optimize for L1D cache architecture")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tao Zhu <taox.zhu@intel.com>
> 
> Just for understanding purposes, Why one need to use C90 instead of
> C99? May I know, What environment, Do you see this issue?
> In any case,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>

Applied, thanks