RE: [PATCH v4 00/19] remove use of VLAs for Windows

[Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>]

Hi Andre,

> As per guidance technical board meeting 2024/04/17. This series
> removes the use of VLAs from code built for Windows for all 3
> toolchains. If there are additional opportunities to convert VLAs
> to regular C arrays please provide the details for incorporation
> into the series.
> 
> MSVC does not support VLAs, replace VLAs with standard C arrays
> or alloca(). alloca() is available for all toolchain/platform
> combinations officially supported by DPDK.
> 

Can you also include these patches:
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31972&archive=both&state=*
into your series?
Should help to minimize cases with alloca() approach. 
Thanks
Konstantin

> v4:
>  * rebase and adapt for changes made in main since v3 was sent
>  * use fixed maximum array size instead of VLA when doable
> 
> v3:
>  * address checkpatch/check git log warnings (minor typos)
> 
> v2:
>  * replace patches for ethdev, hash, rcu and include new
>    patches for eal from Konstantin Ananyev
>    from https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31781
> 
> Andre Muezerie (2):
>   test: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code in bitset tests
>   app/testpmd: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code in
>     shared_rxq_fwd
> 
> Konstantin Ananyev (6):
>   eal/linux: remove use of VLAs
>   eal/common: remove use of VLAs
>   ethdev: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   hash: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   hash/thash: remove use of VLAs for Windows built
>   rcu: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
> 
> Tyler Retzlaff (11):
>   eal: include header required for alloca
>   gro: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   app/testpmd: remove use of VLAs for Windows built
>   test: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   common/idpf: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/i40e: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/ice: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/ixgbe: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   common/mlx5: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/mlx5: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   build: enable vla warnings on Windows built code
> 
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c                   |  15 +-
>  app/test-pmd/config.c                         |  16 +-
>  app/test-pmd/shared_rxq_fwd.c                 |   2 +-
>  app/test/test.c                               |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_bitset.c                        |  55 +++---
>  app/test/test_cmdline_string.c                |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_cryptodev.c                     |  34 ++--
>  app/test/test_cryptodev_blockcipher.c         |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_cryptodev_crosscheck.c          |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_dmadev.c                        |   9 +-
>  app/test/test_hash.c                          |  14 +-
>  app/test/test_mempool.c                       |  25 +--
>  app/test/test_reassembly_perf.c               |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_reorder.c                       |  48 ++---
>  app/test/test_service_cores.c                 |   9 +-
>  app/test/test_thash.c                         |   7 +-
>  config/meson.build                            |   4 +
>  drivers/common/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c        |   2 +-
>  drivers/common/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx_avx512.c |   6 +-
>  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h             |   4 +-
>  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.c          |   7 +-
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_testpmd.c               |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c                    |   2 +-
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c              |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.h     |   2 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c                       |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c                  |   6 +-
>  lib/eal/common/eal_common_proc.c              |   5 +-
>  lib/eal/linux/eal_interrupts.c                |  59 +++++-
>  lib/eal/linux/include/rte_os.h                |   1 +
>  lib/eal/windows/include/rte_os.h              |   1 +
>  lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c                       | 183 +++++++++++-------
>  lib/gro/rte_gro.c                             |   4 +-
>  lib/hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c                    |   4 +-
>  lib/hash/rte_thash.c                          |   2 +-
>  lib/hash/rte_thash.h                          |   8 +
>  lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c                        |   7 +-
>  lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.h                        |   5 +
>  39 files changed, 354 insertions(+), 223 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.34.1