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

[David Marchand]

Hello Pavan,

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 11:50 AM Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
<pbhagavatula at marvell.com> wrote:
>
> >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?
>
> The common changes break intel/mlx5 driver compilation can't separate them.

Thanks for working on this.
The CI still reports a build error in mlx5.


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David Marchand