[PATCH] examples/l2fwd-cat: check compatibility of dependency lib

[PATCH] examples/l2fwd-cat: check compatibility of dependency lib

[Bruce Richardson]

The meson find_library() function can sometimes return incompatible
libraries which are unsuitable for linking. For example, after
installing the native x86 pqos library on my system, arm64 builds
started trying (and failing) to build the l2fwd-cat example app. Fix
this incorrect detection in our build files by checking that the found
pqos library can actually be used to link apps.

Fixes: dd25c80b4f48 ("examples/l2fwd-cat: make build dependent on pqos lib")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
 examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build b/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build
index ebcc3f66f2..be29657ebb 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # DPDK instance, use 'make'
 
 pqos = cc.find_library('pqos', required: false)
-build = pqos.found()
+build = (pqos.found() and cc.links('int main(void) { return 0; }', dependencies: pqos))
 if not build
     subdir_done()
 endif
-- 
2.48.1

[PATCH v2] build: validate libraries returned from meson find function

[Bruce Richardson]

The meson find_library() API call sometimes finds a library that is
actually incompatible with the current build, for example, returning a
64-bit library when doing a 32-bit build. To avoid problems with this,
check each library returned from a find_library() call and treat the
library as unfound if its incompatible.

This checking is not necessary (or should not be necessary) for
dependencies got using pkg-config, since the .pc files for each build
type are stored in a different directory on the system.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
v2: expanded the scope of the patch from just fixing the one instance
    I hit, to changing things globally to try and avoid any future issues.
---
 config/meson.build                            | 15 ++++++----
 drivers/baseband/acc/meson.build              | 30 +++++++++++++++----
 drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build         | 30 +++++++++++++++----
 drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build         |  4 +--
 drivers/common/mlx5/windows/meson.build       |  2 +-
 drivers/ml/cnxk/meson.build                   |  6 +++-
 drivers/net/af_xdp/meson.build                |  3 ++
 drivers/net/mana/meson.build                  |  2 +-
 drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build                  |  2 +-
 drivers/net/pcap/meson.build                  |  6 +++-
 drivers/power/amd_uncore/meson.build          |  2 +-
 drivers/raw/ifpga/meson.build                 |  2 +-
 examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build                |  2 +-
 examples/l2fwd-keepalive/meson.build          |  2 +-
 .../vm_power_manager/guest_cli/meson.build    |  2 +-
 examples/vm_power_manager/meson.build         |  2 +-
 lib/eal/windows/meson.build                   | 24 +++++++++++----
 meson.build                                   |  3 ++
 18 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index 55497f0bf5..bb8d475ec8 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ if not is_windows
 endif
 
 # on some OS, maths functions are in a separate library
-if cc.find_library('m', required : false).found()
+math_dep = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
+if math_dep.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: math_dep)
     # some libs depend on maths lib
     add_project_link_arguments('-lm', language: 'c')
     dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-lm'
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ if meson.is_cross_build() and not meson.get_external_property('numa', true)
 endif
 if find_libnuma
     numa_dep = cc.find_library('numa', required: false)
-    if numa_dep.found() and cc.has_header('numaif.h')
+    if numa_dep.found() and cc.has_header('numaif.h') and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: numa_dep)
         dpdk_conf.set10('RTE_HAS_LIBNUMA', true)
         has_libnuma = true
         add_project_link_arguments('-lnuma', language: 'c')
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ endif
 
 has_libfdt = false
 fdt_dep = cc.find_library('fdt', required: false)
-if fdt_dep.found() and cc.has_header('fdt.h')
+if fdt_dep.found() and cc.has_header('fdt.h') and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: fdt_dep)
     dpdk_conf.set10('RTE_HAS_LIBFDT', true)
     has_libfdt = true
     add_project_link_arguments('-lfdt', language: 'c')
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ if fdt_dep.found() and cc.has_header('fdt.h')
 endif
 
 libexecinfo = cc.find_library('execinfo', required: false)
-if libexecinfo.found()
+if libexecinfo.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: libexecinfo)
     add_project_link_arguments('-lexecinfo', language: 'c')
     dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-lexecinfo'
 endif
@@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ if not pcap_dep.found()
     # pcap got a pkg-config file only in 1.9.0
     pcap_dep = cc.find_library(pcap_lib, required: false)
 endif
-if pcap_dep.found() and cc.has_header('pcap.h', dependencies: pcap_dep)
+if (pcap_dep.found() and cc.has_header('pcap.h', dependencies: pcap_dep)
+        and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: pcap_dep))
     dpdk_conf.set('RTE_HAS_LIBPCAP', 1)
     dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-l@0@'.format(pcap_lib)
 endif
@@ -296,6 +298,9 @@ endif
 # for clang 32-bit compiles we need libatomic for 64-bit atomic ops
 if cc.get_id() == 'clang' and dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64') == false
     atomic_dep = cc.find_library('atomic', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: atomic_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libatomic"')
+    endif
     add_project_link_arguments('-latomic', language: 'c')
     dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-latomic'
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/acc/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/acc/meson.build
index 64fcf1537a..4e6d715d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/acc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/acc/meson.build
@@ -5,11 +5,31 @@
 dep_dec5g = dependency('flexran_sdk_ldpc_decoder_5gnr', required: false)
 
 if dep_dec5g.found()
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('stdc++', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('irc', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('imf', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('ipps', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('svml', required: true)
+    stdcpp_dep = cc.find_library('stdc++', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: stdcpp_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libstdc++"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += stdcpp_dep
+    irc_dep = cc.find_library('irc', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: irc_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libirc"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += irc_dep
+    imf_dep = cc.find_library('imf', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: imf_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libimf"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += imf_dep
+    ipps_dep = cc.find_library('ipps', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: ipps_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libipps"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += ipps_dep
+    svml_dep = cc.find_library('svml', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: svml_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libsvml"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += svml_dep
     ext_deps += dep_dec5g
     ext_deps += dependency('flexran_sdk_ldpc_encoder_5gnr', required: true)
     ext_deps += dependency('flexran_sdk_LDPC_ratematch_5gnr', required: true)
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build
index a9035a753e..5fd5e41c69 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build
@@ -6,11 +6,31 @@ dep_turbo = dependency('flexran_sdk_turbo', required: false)
 dep_dec5g = dependency('flexran_sdk_ldpc_decoder_5gnr', required: false)
 
 if dep_turbo.found()
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('stdc++', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('irc', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('imf', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('ipps', required: true)
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('svml', required: true)
+    stdcpp_dep = cc.find_library('stdc++', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: stdcpp_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libstdc++"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += stdcpp_dep
+    irc_dep = cc.find_library('irc', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: irc_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libirc"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += irc_dep
+    imf_dep = cc.find_library('imf', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: imf_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libimf"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += imf_dep
+    ipps_dep = cc.find_library('ipps', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: ipps_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libipps"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += ipps_dep
+    svml_dep = cc.find_library('svml', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: svml_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "libsvml"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += svml_dep
     ext_deps += dep_turbo
     ext_deps += dependency('flexran_sdk_crc', required: true)
     ext_deps += dependency('flexran_sdk_rate_matching', required: true)
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
index 5548a56199..3fe7db7ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ foreach libname:libnames
     if not lib.found() and not static_ibverbs
         lib = cc.find_library(libname, required:false)
     endif
-    if lib.found()
+    if lib.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: lib)
         libs += lib
         if not static_ibverbs and not dlopen_ibverbs
             ext_deps += lib
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ endif
 
 libmtcr_ul_found = false
 lib = cc.find_library('mtcr_ul', required:false)
-if lib.found()
+if lib.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: lib)
     libmtcr_ul_found = true
     ext_deps += lib
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/windows/meson.build b/drivers/common/mlx5/windows/meson.build
index c3bd3aac26..f454788a9f 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/windows/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/windows/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if not cc.has_header('mlx5devx.h')
 endif
 
 devxlib = cc.find_library('mlx5devx', required: false)
-if not devxlib.found()
+if not devxlib.found() or not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: devxlib)
     build = false
     reason = 'missing dependency, "mlx5devx"'
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/drivers/ml/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/ml/cnxk/meson.build
index 0680a0faa5..ef7e21d747 100644
--- a/drivers/ml/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/ml/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ ext_deps += dlpack_dep
 ext_deps += dmlc_dep
 ext_deps += tvm_dep
 ext_deps += tvmdp_dep
-ext_deps += cc.find_library('stdc++', required: true)
+stdcpp_dep = cc.find_library('stdc++', required: true)
+if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: stdcpp_dep)
+    error('broken dependency, "libstdc++"')
+endif
+ext_deps += stdcpp_dep
 
 deps += ['bus_vdev']
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/af_xdp/meson.build b/drivers/net/af_xdp/meson.build
index 2d37bcc869..b35888b869 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_xdp/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/af_xdp/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ xdp_dep = dependency('libxdp', version : libxdp_ver, required: false, method: 'p
 bpf_dep = dependency('libbpf', required: false, method: 'pkg-config')
 if not bpf_dep.found()
     bpf_dep = cc.find_library('bpf', required: false)
+    if bpf_dep.found() and not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: bpf_dep)
+        bpf_dep = disabler()
+    endif
 endif
 
 cflags += no_wvla_cflag
diff --git a/drivers/net/mana/meson.build b/drivers/net/mana/meson.build
index e320da7fc4..19d4b3695e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mana/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/mana/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ foreach libname:libnames
     if not lib.found()
         lib = cc.find_library(libname, required:false)
     endif
-    if lib.found()
+    if lib.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: lib)
         libs += lib
         ext_deps += lib
     else
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build b/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build
index 869d2895c8..1eb67f3c47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ foreach libname:libnames
     if not lib.found() and not static_ibverbs
         lib = cc.find_library(libname, required:false)
     endif
-    if lib.found()
+    if lib.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: lib)
         libs += lib
         if not static_ibverbs and not dlopen_ibverbs
             ext_deps += lib
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcap/meson.build b/drivers/net/pcap/meson.build
index 676c55018e..f30fc8338b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcap/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/pcap/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ sources = files(
 
 ext_deps += pcap_dep
 if is_windows
-    ext_deps += cc.find_library('iphlpapi', required: true)
+    iphlpapi_dep = cc.find_library('iphlpapi', required: true)
+    if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: iphlpapi_dep)
+        error('broken dependency, "iphlpapi"')
+    endif
+    ext_deps += iphlpapi_dep
 endif
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
diff --git a/drivers/power/amd_uncore/meson.build b/drivers/power/amd_uncore/meson.build
index 8cbab47b01..cab260b64e 100644
--- a/drivers/power/amd_uncore/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/power/amd_uncore/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif
 
 ESMI_header = '#include<e_smi/e_smi.h>'
 lib = cc.find_library('e_smi64', required: false)
-if not lib.found()
+if not lib.found() or not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: lib)
     build = false
     reason = 'missing dependency, "libe_smi"'
 else
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga/meson.build b/drivers/raw/ifpga/meson.build
index 4295ec04bd..395894af2a 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rtdep = dependency('librt', required: false)
 if not rtdep.found()
     rtdep = cc.find_library('rt', required: false)
 endif
-if not rtdep.found()
+if not rtdep.found() or not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: rtdep)
     build = false
     reason = 'missing dependency, "librt"'
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build b/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build
index ebcc3f66f2..5e8ff3a56c 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-cat/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # DPDK instance, use 'make'
 
 pqos = cc.find_library('pqos', required: false)
-build = pqos.found()
+build = (pqos.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: pqos))
 if not build
     subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-keepalive/meson.build b/examples/l2fwd-keepalive/meson.build
index ed49c61238..e3f72aedb8 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-keepalive/meson.build
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-keepalive/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 allow_experimental_apis = true
 librt = cc.find_library('rt', required: false)
-if not librt.found()
+if not librt.found() or not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: librt)
     build = false
     subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/meson.build b/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/meson.build
index 00bc32526d..6a6809240e 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/meson.build
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/guest_cli/meson.build
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ sources = files(
 allow_experimental_apis = true
 
 opt_dep = cc.find_library('virt', required : false)
-build = opt_dep.found()
+build = (opt_dep.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: opt_dep))
 ext_deps += opt_dep
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/meson.build b/examples/vm_power_manager/meson.build
index dcf23198eb..53949ce6d8 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/meson.build
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/meson.build
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 opt_dep = cc.find_library('virt', required : false)
-build = opt_dep.found()
+build = (opt_dep.found() and cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: opt_dep))
 ext_deps += opt_dep
 
 opt_dep = dependency('jansson', required : false, method: 'pkg-config')
diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/meson.build b/lib/eal/windows/meson.build
index c526ede405..afa029d1fc 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/meson.build
@@ -24,12 +24,24 @@ sources += files(
 
 dpdk_conf.set10('RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES', true)
 
-ext_deps += [
-        cc.find_library('dbghelp'),
-        cc.find_library('setupapi'),
-        cc.find_library('ws2_32'),
-]
+dbghelp_dep = cc.find_library('dbghelp')
+if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: dbghelp_dep)
+    error('broken dependency, "dbghelp"')
+endif
+setupapi_dep = cc.find_library('setupapi')
+if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: setupapi_dep)
+    error('broken dependency, "setupapi"')
+endif
+ws2_32_dep = cc.find_library('ws2_32')
+if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: ws2_32_dep)
+    error('broken dependency, "ws2_32"')
+endif
+ext_deps += [dbghelp_dep, setupapi_dep, ws2_32_dep]
 if is_ms_linker
         # Contrary to docs, VirtualAlloc2() is exported by mincore.lib.
-        ext_deps += cc.find_library('mincore')
+        mincore_dep = cc.find_library('mincore')
+        if not cc.links(min_c_code, dependencies: mincore_dep)
+            error('broken dependency, "mincore"')
+        endif
+        ext_deps += mincore_dep
 endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2423884df7..fcf3d79a3d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ testpmd_drivers_sources = []
 testpmd_drivers_deps = []
 abi_version_file = files('ABI_VERSION')
 
+# minimal C code for testing library linking compatibility
+min_c_code = 'int main(void) { return 0; }'
+
 if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86')
     arch_subdir = 'x86'
 elif host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('arm') or host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('aarch')
-- 
2.48.1

Re: [PATCH v2] build: validate libraries returned from meson find function

[David Marchand]

Hello Bruce,

On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 13:13, Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>
> The meson find_library() API call sometimes finds a library that is
> actually incompatible with the current build, for example, returning a
> 64-bit library when doing a 32-bit build. To avoid problems with this,
> check each library returned from a find_library() call and treat the
> library as unfound if its incompatible.

meson should have all it needs to double check itself that the "found"
library links fine...
But well, we need to live with existing behavior.

It's a pity meson refuses to define user helpers... so much copy/paste
in this patch.


>
> This checking is not necessary (or should not be necessary) for
> dependencies got using pkg-config, since the .pc files for each build
> type are stored in a different directory on the system.

Would it affect the library lookup if we pass has_headers to find_library()?


-- 
David Marchand

Re: [PATCH v2] build: validate libraries returned from meson find function

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 09:53:15AM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> Hello Bruce,
> 
> On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 13:13, Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > The meson find_library() API call sometimes finds a library that is
> > actually incompatible with the current build, for example, returning a
> > 64-bit library when doing a 32-bit build. To avoid problems with this,
> > check each library returned from a find_library() call and treat the
> > library as unfound if its incompatible.
> 
> meson should have all it needs to double check itself that the "found"
> library links fine...
> But well, we need to live with existing behavior.
> 

Yes, it's annoying and it should be something I think meson does, but even
if it was added today to meson, we'd have to live with current behaviour
for a long time. :-(

> It's a pity meson refuses to define user helpers... so much copy/paste
> in this patch.
> 

Yes, though if we want to reduce it I can remove some that is currently
unnecessary. For example, windows support doesn't have any cross-compile
options and only supports a single target so the checks there probably
aren't necessary. I added them for consistency.

The other thing we could do to help out here, is check to see if any more
libraries can be switched to using pkg-config. I noticed some libs have
fallbacks after a pkg-config call - we could remove the fallbacks and just
mandate use of pkg-config for those.

> 
> >
> > This checking is not necessary (or should not be necessary) for
> > dependencies got using pkg-config, since the .pc files for each build
> > type are stored in a different directory on the system.
> 
> Would it affect the library lookup if we pass has_headers to find_library()?
>

I don't think it would affect things, since the headers are common in many
cases, only the binary files differ (thinking especially of the 32-bit vs
64-bit case here).

/Bruce

Re: [PATCH v2] build: validate libraries returned from meson find function

[David Marchand]

On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 13:13, Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>
> The meson find_library() API call sometimes finds a library that is
> actually incompatible with the current build, for example, returning a
> 64-bit library when doing a 32-bit build. To avoid problems with this,
> check each library returned from a find_library() call and treat the
> library as unfound if its incompatible.
>
> This checking is not necessary (or should not be necessary) for
> dependencies got using pkg-config, since the .pc files for each build
> type are stored in a different directory on the system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>


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Re: [PATCH v2] build: validate libraries returned from meson find function

[David Marchand]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 10:07, Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 09:53:15AM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> > It's a pity meson refuses to define user helpers... so much copy/paste
> > in this patch.
> >
>
> Yes, though if we want to reduce it I can remove some that is currently
> unnecessary. For example, windows support doesn't have any cross-compile
> options and only supports a single target so the checks there probably
> aren't necessary. I added them for consistency.

For many (all?) DPDK devs, copy/paste is the rule when it comes to meson stuff.
Let's keep this consistent.

>
> The other thing we could do to help out here, is check to see if any more
> libraries can be switched to using pkg-config. I noticed some libs have
> fallbacks after a pkg-config call - we could remove the fallbacks and just
> mandate use of pkg-config for those.

It may be differently implemented across distributions, and their versions..
I suspect we will still need the fallbacks.


> > > This checking is not necessary (or should not be necessary) for
> > > dependencies got using pkg-config, since the .pc files for each build
> > > type are stored in a different directory on the system.
> >
> > Would it affect the library lookup if we pass has_headers to find_library()?
> >
>
> I don't think it would affect things, since the headers are common in many
> cases, only the binary files differ (thinking especially of the 32-bit vs
> 64-bit case here).

Ok, nevermind, I'm fine with this patch.


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David Marchand

Re: [PATCH v2] build: validate libraries returned from meson find function

[David Marchand]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 13:54, David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 13:13, Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > The meson find_library() API call sometimes finds a library that is
> > actually incompatible with the current build, for example, returning a
> > 64-bit library when doing a 32-bit build. To avoid problems with this,
> > check each library returned from a find_library() call and treat the
> > library as unfound if its incompatible.
> >
> > This checking is not necessary (or should not be necessary) for
> > dependencies got using pkg-config, since the .pc files for each build
> > type are stored in a different directory on the system.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
>
> Acked-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>

Applied, thanks.


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