[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] eal: fix side effects in ptr align macros

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 9 May 2021 22:48:02 +0530
<pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:

> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> 
> Avoid expanding parameters inside RTE_*_ALIGN macros.
> Update common_autotest to detect macro side effects.
> Workaround static arrays relying on RTE_ALIGN macros.
> 
> Fixes: af75078fece3 ("first public release")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>

Why not split these up? It looks like the Intel driver and common part
could be separate?