[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net: fix build with gcc 4.4.7 and strict aliasing

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 03:47:28PM +0000, Mrzyglod, DanielX T wrote:
> This error fix this situation for IPv6 checksum offload error on RHEL65
> Any optimalisation above -O0 provide error in IPv6 checksum
> 
> 
> Step 1 : start testpmd
> ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x6 -n 4  -- -i --portmask=0x3 --disable-hw-vlan --enable-rx-cksum --crc-strip --txqflags=0
> 
> Step 2 : settings and start
>            set verbose 1
>            set fwd csum
>            start
> 
> Step 3 : calculate correct checksum values of IPv6/TCP and IPv6/UDP by scapy
>            Packets info:  IPv6/UDP:Ether(dst="02:00:00:00:00:00", src="90:e2:ba:4a:33:5c")/IPv6(src="::2")/UDP()/("X"*46)
>                           IPv6/TCP:  Ether(src="52:00:00:00:00:00", dst="90:e2:ba:4a:33:5d")/IPv6(src="::1")/TCP()/("X"*46)
> 
> Step 4 : Send two packets with wrong checksum value,and calculate the right checksum value by port,packets received on another port
>            Send packets info: IPv6/UDP：Ether(dst="90:e2:ba:4a:33:5d", src="52:00:00:00:00:00")/IPv6(src="::1")/UDP(chksum=0xf)/("X"*46)
>                               IPv6/TCP：Ether(dst="90:e2:ba:4a:33:5d", src="52:00:00:00:00:00")/IPv6(src="::1")/TCP(chksum=0xf)/("X"*46)
> 
> RESULTS:
> 'IPv6/TCP': ['0xd41']}, 'IPv6/UDP': ['0x7d07'],
> 
> EXPECTED RESULTS:
> 'IPv6/TCP': ['0x9f5e']}, 'IPv6/UDP': ['0xf26']

Hi Daniel,

this sort of detail - perhaps in abbreviated form - should be in the commit
message for the patch. Can you perhaps do a V2 to include it?

/Bruce