[dpdk-dev] pktgen-2.9.13 not compiling with gcc 4.9 because of -Wdiscarded-qualifiers / 2.9.12 fine

[Wiles, Keith]

>On Sun, 2016-04-10 at 04:59 +0000, Wiles, Keith wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >pktgen-2.9.13 is not compiling with gcc 4.9, see below
>> >
>> >2.9.12 is compiling fine with gcc 4.9, so looks like new
>> >IPv6 code recently added is the culprit.
>> >
>> >I think -Wdiscarded-qualifiers is available only with gcc 5+ 
>> >https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html
>> 
>> Thanks I have fixed the problem on Ubuntu 15.10 using gcc 4.9 and 5.x plus pushed a new version. Please give it a try.
>
>Hi Keith,
>
>The original error is gone, thanks! But I get another one a bit later
>(source up to date from git for pktgen, DPDK 2.2.0 as SDK) :
>
>  CC pktgen-capture.o
>In file included from /root/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-seq.h:72:0,
>                 from /root/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-port-cfg.h:80,
>                 from /root/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-capture.h:77,
>                 from /root/pktgen-dpdk/app/pktgen-capture.c:68:
>/root/dpdk-2.2.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/include/cmdline_parse_ipaddr.h:89:27: error: field ‘hdr’ has incomplete type
>  struct cmdline_token_hdr hdr;
>                           ^
>/root/dpdk-2.2.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/include/cmdline_parse_ipaddr.h:96:26: error: unknown type name ‘cmdline_parse_token_hdr_t’
> int cmdline_parse_ipaddr(cmdline_parse_token_hdr_t *tk, const char
>*srcbuf,
>                          ^
>/root/dpdk-2.2.0/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/include/cmdline_parse_ipaddr.h:98:29: error: unknown type name ‘cmdline_parse_token_hdr_t’
> int cmdline_get_help_ipaddr(cmdline_parse_token_hdr_t *tk, char
>*dstbuf,
>                             ^
>/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:126: recipe for target
>'pktgen-capture.o' failed
>make[2]: *** [pktgen-capture.o] Error 1
>/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/rte.extapp.mk:42: recipe for target 'all' failed
>make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
>/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/rte.extsubdir.mk:46: recipe for target 'app' failed
>make: *** [app] Error 2
>
>This is fixed by this patch:
>
>root at dpdk3:~/pktgen-dpdk/app# git diff
>diff --git a/app/pktgen-seq.h b/app/pktgen-seq.h
>index a48fbe0..ba787ff 100644
>--- a/app/pktgen-seq.h
>+++ b/app/pktgen-seq.h
>@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
> #define _PKTGEN_SEQ_H_
> 
> #include <rte_ether.h>
>+#include <cmdline_parse.h>
> #include <cmdline_parse_ipaddr.h>
> #include <wr_inet.h>
> 
>Then it fails linking:
>
>  LD pktgen
>/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llua
>collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>I tried a few things and got this link working but then I got errors
>about implicit declaration of function ‘lua_putstring’  and this is a
>macro in 5.3.0 but not present in 5.3.2, a bit more lua transition work
>is probably needed :).
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Laurent
>
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >
>> >Laurent
>> >
>> >root at dpdk3:~/pktgen-2.9.13# make
>> >== lib
>> >== common
>> >  CC wr_copyright_info.o
>> >  CC wr_port_config.o
>> >  CC wr_core_info.o
>> >  CC wr_lscpu.o
>> >  CC wr_utils.o
>> >  CC wr_coremap.o
>> >  CC wr_pcap.o
>> >In file included from /root/pktgen-2.9.13/lib/common/wr_pcap.c:122:0:
>> >/root/pktgen-2.9.13/lib/common/wr_inet.h:755:9: error: unknown option
>> >after ‘#pragma GCC diagnostic’ kind [-Werror=pragmas]
>> > #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdiscarded-qualifiers"
>> >         ^
>> >/root/pktgen-2.9.13/lib/common/wr_inet.h: In function ‘inet_ntop6’:
>> >/root/pktgen-2.9.13/lib/common/wr_inet.h:758:2: error: return discards
>> >‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Werror]
>> >  return inet_ntop(AF_INET6, ip6, buff, len);
>> >  ^
>> >cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
>> >/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:126: recipe for target
>> >'wr_pcap.o' failed
>> >make[3]: *** [wr_pcap.o] Error 1
>> >/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/rte.extlib.mk:44: recipe for target 'all' failed
>> >make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
>> >/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/rte.extsubdir.mk:46: recipe for target 'common'
>> >failed
>> >make[1]: *** [common] Error 2
>> >/root/dpdk-2.2.0/mk/rte.extsubdir.mk:46: recipe for target 'lib' failed
>> >make: *** [lib] Error 2

Try out the dev branch on dpdk.org and see if that fixes the problems.

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>> 
>> Regards,
>> Keith
>> 
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Regards,
Keith