From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6E73A0500; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:23:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCC3C1BEDE; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:23:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f181.google.com (mail-pl1-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73015330 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:23:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f181.google.com with SMTP id p9so2087323plk.9 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:23:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vMFJeN//Q18KBTiEMPemQ+vxv9Jh68dOAz7EknDAk5s=; b=bOTOHn2BJhuC6xX4/kbKshhgPBOWULxYT0bH5ih2do/6d+15tBdsWexjavSyr/Kz7S sQPV1YLhfPnTWtZ2fssgupAdHzoh7b+VJwgRnnOGjoWM1p09qKAf5B7QjpYbeRKM9rrv QP8tuckXfodhbR3RMzkeeyYUcb7Oy3+LWybqlvPb86FoEoMapnGYM4ITMPaVKiY0x3y0 /jauAxveKbs59Hd3Cwi99+lPzHZvZkqRWK3JyqZY72DWEHJym2Qtg8f9CVeieBM6uSWv MsgmIbqsvuiwh5x5LCW2RQ04sMLyY2tz9hFVFRYmBp0eTEGaPKvmy59kL/hVRpSRmhZj 9Xpw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vMFJeN//Q18KBTiEMPemQ+vxv9Jh68dOAz7EknDAk5s=; b=LJl1N47xtGarIGpwXNXWGqrqYoJC+CziSQUZTZhrNva6ziMNT9m2CHhhzKxY3mDLuL nt7ftk7lhTfDJQTxDnkgEXpw38niexTSo82F8x2AOmtsHJhLesAKlAYBsdkONy8ecPQ4 o9XrdRRXP8sjdhksbiSo5HBSnH3ADPN6KLj9xO0yDs3cE+/YLSXn3S1ocnf1QSEtfdeB 0BcjgkBM/ya2+vbobHn/gGwpIBZwBHHtcum1LveyLo7b6JeoRd03L4SnFlzM8z45Upnn wAB++uJC6YR7v27cAPG67Z4vX5/eIUvxXa2c8/dRLd83hiXVvoUpThdGuqT5ByHN9fgH ibew== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXYIH6mRjZhg8mGv8fzFBedtptxRx7u6LwxR+aJ3abX1XeYRSTH nI68Cy5KcdGuRCat9ZcpkSDdpw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqw9hriOs977swgn9aDgf1iszIBdzoAnIk3djeSOGux9qe6sveF09GdTEWbQq4rFDCPcpZHZhw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:7595:: with SMTP id j21mr9268107pll.302.1576599791458; Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:23:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t23sm2437164pfq.106.2019.12.17.08.23.10 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:23:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:23:02 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Liron Himi Cc: dpdk-dev , Thomas Monjalon , "nhorman@tuxdriver.com" Message-ID: <20191217082302.37e24da8@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] checkpatch failing on map change X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:36:20 +0000 Liron Himi wrote: > Hi, > > > One of our drivers is using the rte_cfgfile and meson is failing on 'rte_cfgfile_section_num_entries_by_index' which is undefined. > > After a few debug cycles, I found out that this function is missing from the .map file. > > So I added it and created a patch but checkpatch is failing with > > > > ERROR: symbol rte_cfgfile_section_num_entries_by_index is added in the DPDK_20.0 section, but is expected to be added in the EXPERIMENTAL section of the version map > > > > Do you know what it means and how to fix it? The function is not defined as experimental so I don't understand what is the problem It means checkpatch is not infallible. It is only an advisor. In this case, it doesn't understand how to deal with a bug fix.