Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio: fix build errors

[Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>]

On 7/30/19 1:04 PM, jerinj@marvell.com wrote:
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> 
> Add extern to variable declaration to avoid some compiler treating it
> as variable definition.
> 
> build error log:
> 
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(vhost_kernel.o):(.rodata+0x110):
> multiple definition of `vhost_msg_strings'
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(vhost_user.o):(.data.rel.ro.local+0x0):
> first defined here
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(virtio_user_dev.o):(.rodata+0xe8):
> multiple definition of `vhost_msg_strings'
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio.a(vhost_user.o):(.data.rel.ro.local+0x0):
> first defined here
> 
> Fixes: 33d24d65fe2b ("net/virtio-user: abstract backend operations")
> 
> Cc: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
> index 55f47036b..1e784e58e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ enum vhost_user_request {
>  	VHOST_USER_MAX
>  };
>  
> -const char * const vhost_msg_strings[VHOST_USER_MAX];
> +extern const char * const vhost_msg_strings[VHOST_USER_MAX];
>  
>  struct vhost_memory_region {
>  	uint64_t guest_phys_addr;
> 

Reviewed-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Maxime