[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio: fix build errors
Maxime Coquelin
maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
Tue Jul 30 18:12:58 CEST 2019
On 7/30/19 1:04 PM, jerinj at marvell.com wrote:
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
>
> Add extern to variable declaration to avoid some compiler treating it
> as variable definition.
>
> build error log:
>
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(vhost_kernel.o):(.rodata+0x110):
> multiple definition of `vhost_msg_strings'
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(vhost_user.o):(.data.rel.ro.local+0x0):
> first defined here
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(virtio_user_dev.o):(.rodata+0xe8):
> multiple definition of `vhost_msg_strings'
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(vhost_user.o):(.data.rel.ro.local+0x0):
> first defined here
>
> Fixes: 33d24d65fe2b ("net/virtio-user: abstract backend operations")
>
> Cc: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan at intel.com>
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
> index 55f47036b..1e784e58e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ enum vhost_user_request {
> VHOST_USER_MAX
> };
>
> -const char * const vhost_msg_strings[VHOST_USER_MAX];
> +extern const char * const vhost_msg_strings[VHOST_USER_MAX];
>
> struct vhost_memory_region {
> uint64_t guest_phys_addr;
>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
Thanks,
Maxime
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