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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal: fix build issue
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:29:19 +0100
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06/11/2018 12:45, Jerin Jacob:
> Some toolchain has fls() definition in string.h as argument type int,
> which is conflicting uint32_t argument type.
>=20
> /export/dpdk.org/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_reciprocal.c:47:19:
> error: conflicting types for =E2=80=98fls=E2=80=99
>  static inline int fls(uint32_t x)
>                   ^~~
>=20
> /opt/marvell-tools-201/aarch64-marvell-elf/include/strings.h:59:6:
> note: previous declaration of =E2=80=98fls=E2=80=99 was here
>  int  fls(int) __pure2;
>=20
> FreeBSD string.h also has fls() with argument as int type.
> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dfls&sektion=3D3
>=20
> Fixing the conflict by renaming internal function as __fls

Why not rte_fls? Would it be more future proof?