Re: [PATCH 21.11] ring: squash gcc 12.2.1 warnings

[David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 12:00 PM David Marchand
<david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 1:38 PM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > gcc 12.2.1 on Fedora 37 is giving stringop-overread and
> > stringop-overflow warnings when compiled with --buildtype=debug
> > e.g. [1].
> >
> > These are not yet fixed on main branch. They look similar
> > to the overflow issues previously squashed in rte_memcpy with
> > commit b5b3ea803e47 ("eal/x86: ignore gcc 10 stringop-overflow warnings")
> >
> > In order to ensure DPDK 21.11.3 compiles on Fedora 37, squash these
> > warnings. If a subsequent cleaner fix becomes available on from main
> > branch it can be backported to later DPDK 21.11 LTS release.
> >
> > [1]
> > lib/ring/rte_ring_elem_pvt.h:100:25: error:
> > ‘memcpy’ reading 32 bytes from a region of size 4
> > [-Werror=stringop-overread]
> > 100 |               memcpy((void *)(ring + idx),
> >     |               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 101 |                       (const void *)(obj + i), 32);
> >     |                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > lib/ring/rte_ring_elem_pvt.h:234:25: error:
> > ‘memcpy’ writing 32 bytes into a region of size 4 overflows the destination
> > [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
> > 234 |               memcpy((void *)(obj + i), (void *)(ring + idx), 32);
> >     |               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>

I see Konstantin is ok with it and I think Honnappa is off for some days.
So I adjusted the commitlog for the main branch, and applied.

For the record, there is a bugzilla opened for this issue:
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1062


-- 
David Marchand