[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 05/10] crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix global variable multiple definitions

David Marchand david.marchand at redhat.com
Thu Oct 24 16:53:22 CEST 2019


On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 4:54 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com> wrote:
>
> 'rta_sec_era' global variable is defined in 'crypto/dpaa2_sec',
> 'crypto/caam_jr' & 'crypto/dpaa_sec' PMDs with the same name. This means
> they share same storage when application linked with static DPDK
> library, which is not the intention. Three differing drivers sharing
> same global variable is a defect.
>
> Variable has been used by multiple header files in static inline
> functions and these header files are shared by all three PMDs, this
> forces using same variable name in three PMDs.
>
> Since the variable is used only single .c file in 'crypto/dpaa2_sec' &
> 'crypto/dpaa_sec' converting global variable to 'static', this requires
> removing 'extern' definition from header files, and this requires moving
> the global variable definition before including those headers in .c
> files.
>
> For 'crypto/caam_jr' multiple .c files exists and includes these
> headers which prevent making variable static, so only one file has the
> global variable and others has 'extern' keyword on .c files.
>
> This change should let all three drivers have their own storage for the
> 'rta_sec_era' global variable without multiple definitions.
>
> Fixes: 1d678de329ab ("crypto/caam_jr: add basic job ring routines")
> Fixes: c3e85bdcc6e6 ("crypto/dpaa_sec: add crypto driver for NXP DPAA platform")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Hit a build issue, with gcc, static build:

../drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c:33:25: error: static declaration
of ‘rta_sec_era’ follows non-static declaration
   33 | static enum rta_sec_era rta_sec_era;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from
../drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/../dpaa2_sec/hw/rta/sec_run_time_asm.h:10,
                 from ../drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c:32:
../drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/../dpaa2_sec/hw/desc.h:21:25: note:
previous declaration of ‘rta_sec_era’ was here
   21 | extern enum rta_sec_era rta_sec_era;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~

And

../drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c:33:25: error: static
declaration of ‘rta_sec_era’ follows non-static declaration
   33 | static enum rta_sec_era rta_sec_era = RTA_SEC_ERA_8;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/hw/rta/sec_run_time_asm.h:10,
                 from ../drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c:32:
../drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/hw/desc.h:21:25: note: previous
declaration of ‘rta_sec_era’ was here
   21 | extern enum rta_sec_era rta_sec_era;
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~
[5/86] Compiling C object
'drivers/a715181@@tmp_rte_pmd_caam_jr at sta/crypto_caam_jr_caam_jr.c.o'.



-- 
David Marchand



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