From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, stable@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix build for ndo_fdb_add in Linux 5.1
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 21:00:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190408200035.GA1146@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190408200035.mDmcDYLcF3LIm5Tsrw-ysleSyjmPfoYlHrqu_Ho8-WI@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190408142226.88179-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 03:22:26PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Build error seen with Linux kernel 5.1 and
> when CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL is enabled.
>
> Build error:
> .../dpdk/build/build/kernel/linux/kni/igb_main.c:2352:18:
> error: initialization of ... from incompatible pointer type ...
> [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> .ndo_fdb_add = igb_ndo_fdb_add,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ndo_fdb_add() is changed in Linux kernel version 5.1 and now requires
> a new parameter, 'struct netlink_ext_ack *extack':
> Linux Commit 87b0984ebfab ("net: Add extack argument to ndo_fdb_add()")
>
> ndo_fdb_add() parameter updated with compile time Linux kernel version
> check.
>
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> ---
Thanks, Ferruh.
This allows my builds to start passing again on bleeding-edge kernels.
Tested-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-08 20:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-08 14:22 Ferruh Yigit
2019-04-08 14:22 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-04-08 20:00 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2019-04-08 20:00 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-04-09 17:59 ` Rami Rosen
2019-04-09 17:59 ` Rami Rosen
2019-04-19 10:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Thomas Monjalon
2019-04-19 10:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
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