From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
To: "Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>,
"Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
"Ori Kam" <orika@nvidia.com>,
"Andrew Rybchenko" <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
"Robin Jarry" <rjarry@redhat.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethdev: convert string initialization
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 13:43:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fdeceadf-8a40-4581-90b0-1fb27648ca1d@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F5EA@smartserver.smartshare.dk>
On 8/1/2024 12:29 PM, Morten Brørup wrote:
>> From: Ferruh Yigit [mailto:ferruh.yigit@amd.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, 1 August 2024 11.27
>>
>> gcc 15 experimental [1], with -Wextra flag, gives warning in variable
>> initialization as string [2].
>>
>> The warning has a point when initialized variable is intended to use as
>> string, since assignment is missing the required null terminator for
>> this case. But warning is useless for our usecase.
>>
>> I don't know if this behaviour will change in gcc15, as it is still
>> under development. But if not we may need to update our initialization.
>>
>> In this patch only updated a few instance to show the issue, there are
>> many instances to fix, if we prefer to go this way.
>> Other option is to disable warning but it can be useful for actual
>> string usecases, so I prefer to keep it.
>
> Compiler warnings are here to help, so +1 for fixing the code.
>
>>
>> [1]
>> gcc (GCC) 15.0.0 20240801 (experimental)
>>
>> [2]
>> ../lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h:906:36:
>> error: initializer-string for array of ‘unsigned char’ is too long
>> [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization]
>> 906 | .hdr.dst_addr.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ../lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h:907:36:
>> error: initializer-string for array of ‘unsigned char’ is too long
>> [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization]
>> 907 | .hdr.src_addr.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ../lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h:1009:25:
>> error: initializer-string for array of ‘unsigned char’ is too long
>> [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization]
>> 1009 | "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ../lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h:1012:25:
>> error: initializer-string for array of ‘unsigned char’ is too long
>> [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization]
>> 1012 | "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> ../lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h:1135:20:
>> error: initializer-string for array of ‘unsigned char’ is too long
>> [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization]
>> 1135 | .hdr.vni = "\xff\xff\xff",
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
>> ---
>> lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h | 16 +++++++---------
>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
>> index f864578f806b..8b623974cd44 100644
>> --- a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
>> +++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
>> @@ -903,8 +903,8 @@ struct rte_flow_item_eth {
>> /** Default mask for RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH. */
>> #ifndef __cplusplus
>> static const struct rte_flow_item_eth rte_flow_item_eth_mask = {
>> - .hdr.dst_addr.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
>> - .hdr.src_addr.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
>> + .hdr.dst_addr.addr_bytes = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
>> + .hdr.src_addr.addr_bytes = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
>
> Please define and use an RTE_ETHER_ADDR() macro like RTE_IPV4() [1]:
>
> /** Create Ethernet address */
> #define RTE_ETHER_ADDR(a, b, c, d, e, f) \
> (struct rte_ether_addr){{a, b, c, d, e, f}}
>
> Or even better, also add and use an RTE_ETHER_ADDR_BROADCAST definition like RTE_IPV4_BROADCAST [2]:
>
> #define RTE_ETHER_ADDR_BROADCAST RTE_ETHER_ADDR(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff)
>
> Then the above code could become:
> + .hdr.dst_addr = RTE_ETHER_ADDR_BROADCAST,
> + .hdr.src_addr = RTE_ETHER_ADDR_BROADCAST,
>
> On the other hand, if they are address masks, maybe using RTE_ETHER_ADDR(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff) would be more appropriate.
>
Hi Morten,
These are all masks used for flow API, and as mentioned in the commit
log there are bunch of them, not just the ones in the patch, I am not
sure about creating a macro for each is necessary.
> [1]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/dpdk/v24.07/source/lib/net/rte_ip.h#L67
> [2]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/dpdk/v24.07/source/lib/net/rte_ip.h#L111
>
>> .hdr.ether_type = RTE_BE16(0x0000),
>> };
>> #endif
>> @@ -1005,12 +1005,10 @@ struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 {
>> #ifndef __cplusplus
>> static const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 rte_flow_item_ipv6_mask = {
>> .hdr = {
>> - .src_addr =
>> - "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"
>> - "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
>> - .dst_addr =
>> - "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"
>> - "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
>> + .src_addr = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
>> 0xff,
>> + 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
>> },
>> + .dst_addr = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
>> 0xff,
>> + 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
>> },
>
> Please define and use an RTE_IPV6() macro like RTE_IPV4() [1].
> Or even better, add and use an RTE_IPV6_BROADCAST definition like RTE_IPV4_BROADCAST [2].
>
> (Same comment about maybe using RTE_IPV6() instead of RTE_IPV6_BROADCAST for masks being more appropriate.)
>
> Note: Robin is working on a series to introduce an IPv6 address type [3], so you should coordinate the definition of the IPV6 macros/definitions with him.
>
> [3]: https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/98CBD80474FA8B44BF855DF32C47DC35E9F5B1@smartserver.smartshare.dk/
>
>> },
>> };
>> #endif
>> @@ -1132,7 +1130,7 @@ struct rte_flow_item_vxlan {
>> /** Default mask for RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN. */
>> #ifndef __cplusplus
>> static const struct rte_flow_item_vxlan rte_flow_item_vxlan_mask = {
>> - .hdr.vni = "\xff\xff\xff",
>> + .hdr.vni = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
>
> Yes you your suggestion here. (No special type/macro required.)
>
>> };
>> #endif
>>
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>
> With suggested changes,
>
> Acked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-01 12:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-01 9:27 Ferruh Yigit
2024-08-01 10:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2024-08-01 11:29 ` Morten Brørup
2024-08-01 12:43 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2024-08-01 13:29 ` Morten Brørup
2024-08-06 5:54 ` Tyler Retzlaff
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