Build error on "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant"

Build error on "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant"

[Zhuo, Qiuxu]

Hi,

I got the build error messages as below:
My GCC is: gcc (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) 7.5.0.


  CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.o
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[0].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:31: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:31: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[0].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:37:46: error: initializer element is not constant
   "Change or replace the module or cable.", {ice_port_number_label}},
                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:37:46: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[1].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:39:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:39:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[2].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:39:31: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:39:31: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[2].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:43:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:43:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[3].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:46:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:46:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[4].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:49:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:49:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[5].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:52:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:52:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[6].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:54:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:54:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[7].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:54:31: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:54:31: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[7].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:56:10: error: initializer element is not constant
   NULL, {ice_port_number_label}},
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:56:10: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[8].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:58:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:58:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[9].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:58:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:58:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[9].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:63:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:63:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[11].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:67:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:67:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[12].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:70:50: error: initializer element is not constant
   "Change the module to align to port option.", {ice_port_number_label}},
                                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:70:50: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[13].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:72:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:72:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[14].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:72:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:72:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[14].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:74:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:74:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[15].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:74:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:74:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[15].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:78:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:78:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[17].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:78:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:78:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[17].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:80:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:80:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[18].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:80:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:80:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[18].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:82:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:82:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[19].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:82:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:82:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[19].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:85:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:85:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[20].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:85:29: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {ice_port_number_label}},
                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:85:29: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[20].data_label[0]')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:87:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {"Extended Error"}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:87:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[21].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:91:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:91:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[23].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:93:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:93:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[24].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:97:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:97:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[26].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:99:3: error: initializer element is not constant
   ice_update_nvm_solution, {"Expected PCI Device ID", "Expected Module ID"}},
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:99:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[27].solution')
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:103:4: error: initializer element is not constant
   {ice_port_number_label, "MIB ID"}},
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:103:4: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[28].data_label[0]')
  LD [M]  drivers/tty/ipwireless/ipwireless.o
  CC [M]  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.o

Re: Build error on "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant"

[Michal Swiatkowski]

On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 03:18:30AM +0000, Zhuo, Qiuxu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got the build error messages as below:
> My GCC is: gcc (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) 7.5.0.
> 

Try compiling with gcc 8.1 or newer.

Thanks,
Michal

> 
>   CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.o
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant
>    ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
>    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Re: Build error on "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant"

[Przemek Kitszel]

On 2/5/25 04:18, Zhuo, Qiuxu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got the build error messages as below:
> My GCC is: gcc (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) 7.5.0.

Thank you for the report, FTR this is the same GCC version as used by
SLES 15, even the current ones :(

I will send a fix.

I would love to bump minimal gcc version to 8.5 (RHEL 8 family) some day

> 
> 
>    CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.o
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: error: initializer element is not constant
>     ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:3: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[0].solution')
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:31: error: initializer element is not constant
>     ice_common_port_solutions, {ice_port_number_label}},
>                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:35:31: note: (near initialization for 'ice_health_status_lookup[0].data_label[0]')
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/health.c:37:46: error: initializer element is not constant
>     "Change or replace the module or cable.", {ice_port_number_label}},