[PATCH] kni: fix compile error
Ferruh Yigit
ferruh.yigit at xilinx.com
Wed Jun 1 17:49:37 CEST 2022
On 6/1/2022 9:47 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 6/1/22 04:52, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
>> Hi, Andrew ,
>>
>> 在 2022/6/1 0:42, Andrew Rybchenko 写道:
>>> On 5/21/22 10:06, Min Hu (Connor) wrote:
>>>> When kernel version change into 5.18 from 5.17, 'netif_rx_ni' is
>>>> discard.
>>>> It is replaced by 'netif_rx' and this API is also supported in the
>>>> version below 5.18.
>>>>
>>>> This patch fixed it.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: d89a58dfe90b ("kni: support chained mbufs")
>>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29 at huawei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 4 ++--
>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
>>>> index 29e5b9e21f..e19f03285e 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
>>>> @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ kni_net_rx_normal(struct kni_dev *kni)
>>>> skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
>>>> /* Call netif interface */
>>>> - netif_rx_ni(skb);
>>>> + netif_rx(skb);
>>>
>>> I think the approach in [1] is the right one. Any comments?
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220525102641.20982-1-jslaby@suse.cz/
>>>
>>>
>>>> /* Update statistics */
>>>> dev->stats.rx_bytes += len;
>>>> @@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ kni_net_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
>>>> return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
>>>> memcpy(req.mac_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);
>>>> - memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);
>>>> + memcpy((void *)(netdev->dev_addr), addr->sa_data,
>>>> netdev->addr_len);
>> When compile, it will report a warning, because it claims that the
>> parameter types must be the same.
>> void *memcpy(void *destin, void *source, unsigned n);
>>
>> so this is what I am doing.
>
> I think it is a separate story vs netif_rx_ni(). So, it should not be in
> the same patch. IMHO, it is closer to [1]
>
> [1]
> https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220601015925.35304-1-humin29@huawei.com/
>
>
> Am I missing something?
>
There are two build errors because of kernel side changes.
- netif_rx_ni(). Following patch seems correct fix with small change
requests:
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220525102641.20982-1-jslaby@suse.cz/
- 'net_dev->dev_addr' being const, following patch is in correct direction:
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220601054525.7573-1-ke1x.zhang@intel.com/
>>>
>>> I don't understand why the change is needed and the patch description
>>> does not shed any light on it.
>>>
>>>> ret = kni_net_process_request(netdev, &req);
>>>
>>> .
>
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