[dpdk-stable] [PATCH 2/4] compress/mlx5: fix constant size in QP creation

[Thomas Monjalon]

01/06/2021 09:11, Michael Baum:
> The mlx5_compress_qp_setup function makes shifting to the numeric
> constant 1, then sends it as a parameter to rte_calloc function.
> 
> The rte_calloc function expects to get size_t (64 bits, unsigned) and

No on 32-bit systems, size_t is 32 bits.

> instead gets a 32-bit variable, because the numeric constant size is a
> 32-bit.

Most of the patches of this series say "constant" where it is a variable.

> In case the shift is greater than 32 the variable will lose its value
> even though the function can get 64-bit argument.
> 
> Change the size of the numeric constant 1 to 64-bit.
[...]
> -	opaq_buf = rte_calloc(__func__, 1u << log_ops_n,
> +	opaq_buf = rte_calloc(__func__, RTE_BIT64(log_ops_n),