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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: "Zhang, Ke1X" <ke1x.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: "Zhang, Qi Z" <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>,
	"Zhang, Yuying" <yuying.zhang@intel.com>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ice: add devargs for disabling mac filter
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 09:20:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221217092023.08235627@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH7PR11MB598445F85778AD18C4FC66DDDCE79@PH7PR11MB5984.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:22:21 +0000
"Zhang, Ke1X" <ke1x.zhang@intel.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 11:51 AM
> > To: Zhang, Ke1X <ke1x.zhang@intel.com>
> > Cc: Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Zhang, Yuying
> > <yuying.zhang@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ice: add devargs for disabling mac filter
> > 
> > On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:51:24 +0800
> > Ke Zhang <ke1x.zhang@intel.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h
> > > b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h index c8311be179..0350c6584a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h
> > > @@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ struct ice_devargs {
> > >  	int safe_mode_support;
> > >  	uint8_t proto_xtr_dflt;
> > >  	int pipe_mode_support;
> > > +	int mac_filter_disable;  
> > 
> > Why use 4 bytes for a flag when a single bit would do.  
> 
> After modifying the code like this:
> struct ice_devargs {
> 	int rx_low_latency : 1;
> 	int safe_mode_support : 1;
> 	int pipe_mode_support : 1;
> 	int mac_filter_disable : 1;
> 
> I met a issue when compiling the code:
> ../drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c:2076:19: error: cannot take address of bit-field 'safe_mode_support'
>  2076 |      &parse_bool, &ad->devargs.safe_mode_support);
>       |                   ^
> ../drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c:2081:19: error: cannot take address of bit-field 'pipe_mode_support'
>  2081 |      &parse_bool, &ad->devargs.pipe_mode_support);
>       |                   ^
> ../drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c:2086:18: error: cannot take address of bit-field 'mac_filter_disable'
>  2086 |     &parse_bool, &ad->devargs.mac_filter_disable);
>       |                  ^
> ../drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c:2101:19: error: cannot take address of bit-field 'rx_low_latency'
>  2101 |      &parse_bool, &ad->devargs.rx_low_latency);
> 
> It seems that bitfields members aren't addressable.
> 

Would a uint8_t work?   Also parse_bool might make assumptions about size.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-17 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-25  2:51 Ke Zhang
2022-12-13  2:03 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2022-12-13  3:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-12-13  5:43   ` Zhang, Ke1X
2022-12-13  5:44   ` Zhang, Ke1X
2022-12-17 15:22   ` Zhang, Ke1X
2022-12-17 17:20     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2022-12-21  3:58 ` [PATCH v2] " Ke Zhang
2022-12-26  6:14   ` Zhang, Qi Z
2022-12-28  8:55     ` Zhang, Ke1X
2023-01-12  7:55   ` [PATCH v3] net/ice: add devargs for disabling default mac Ke Zhang
2023-01-12 16:32     ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-01-16 13:38       ` Zhang, Ke1X
2023-02-01  8:22     ` Zhang, Qi Z
2023-02-03  2:02     ` [PATCH v4] " Ke Zhang
2023-02-13  1:48       ` Zhang, Qi Z

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