[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] eal: fix memory mapping for 32-bit targets

[Lance Richardson]

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 4:18 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
>
> 08/05/2021 16:27, Lance Richardson:
> > For 32-bit targets, size_t is normally a 32-bit type and
> > does not have sufficient range to represent 64-bit offsets
> > that can are needed when mapping PCI addresses. Use uint64_t
> > instead.
> >
> > Found when attempting to run 32-bit Linux dpdk-testpmd
> > using VFIO driver:
> >
> >     EAL: pci_map_resource(): cannot map resource(63, 0xc0010000, \
> >     0x200000, 0x20000000000): Invalid argument ((nil))
> >
> > Fixes: c4b89ecb64ea ("eal: introduce memory management wrappers")
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson at broadcom.com>
> > ---
> > v3: Use PRIx64 instead of llx to format offset in log message.
> > v2: Use uint64_t instead of off_t (off_t is unknown to Windows).
>
> off_t is referenced in drivers/bus/pci/windows/pci.c
> (for unused parameter) so it should be fine?
> If not, we could add it?

 v1 of the patch had the following build error in CI:

   *Build Failed #1:
   OS: WIN10-64
   Target: x86_64-windows-clang
   FAILED: lib/librte_eal.a.p/eal_common_eal_common_fbarray.c.obj
   ....
   In file included from ../lib/eal/common/eal_common_fbarray.c:14:
   ..\lib\eal\include\rte_eal_paging.h:64:10: error: unknown type name 'off_t'
           int fd, off_t offset);