Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net: fix header include order for FreeBSD

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

On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:24 AM Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2021-05-06 17:14 (UTC+0200), David Marchand:
> > Spotted by sparse in OVS build:
> > ../../lib/netdev-dpdk.c: note: in included file (through
> > /home/runner/work/ovs/ovs/dpdk-dir/build/include/rte_ip.h,
> > /home/runner/work/ovs/ovs/dpdk-dir/build/include/rte_flow.h, ...):
> > ../../include/sparse/arpa/inet.h:22:2: error: "Must include
> > <netinet/in.h> before <arpa/inet.h> for FreeBSD support"
> >
> > This is a check enforced by OVS itself.
> > See [1] for some context.
> >
> > 1: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/b2befd5bb2db
> >
> > Fixes: 89813a522e68 ("net: provide IP-related API on any OS")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/net/rte_ip.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/net/rte_ip.h b/lib/net/rte_ip.h
> > index 8c189009b0..4b728969c1 100644
> > --- a/lib/net/rte_ip.h
> > +++ b/lib/net/rte_ip.h
> > @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
> >  #else
> >  #include <sys/socket.h>
> >  #include <sys/types.h>
> > -#include <arpa/inet.h>
> >  #include <netinet/in.h>
> > +#include <arpa/inet.h>
> >  #include <netinet/ip.h>
> >  #endif
> >
>
> Acked-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com>
>
> It would be interesting to know exact issue this solves for OVS.
> Referenced commit only says FreeBSD "insists" on this include order,
> but DPDK and standalone files with these includes build either way.

Indeed, I tried building with FreeBSD 13.0 and I can see no pb.
This might be something that has been fixed in FreeBSD.

Ben, would you have details on this header inclusion order?


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David Marchand