From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33477F58 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2014 10:49:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Dec 2014 01:45:19 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.07,492,1413270000"; d="scan'208";a="646109751" Received: from bricha3-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.243.20.36]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with SMTP; 01 Dec 2014 01:48:34 -0800 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:48:34 +0025 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:48:34 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: Olivier MATZ Message-ID: <20141201094833.GA8760@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <1417188660-14587-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com> <20141130010514.GA19479@localhost.localdomain> <547C3052.4080106@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <547C3052.4080106@6wind.com> Organization: Intel Shannon Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ixgbe: fix clang compile - remove truncation errors X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:49:03 -0000 On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 10:09:38AM +0100, Olivier MATZ wrote: > Hi Bruce, Hi Neil, > > On 11/30/2014 02:05 AM, Neil Horman wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 03:31:00PM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote: > >> When compiling with clang, errors were being emitted due to truncation > >> of values when assigning to the tx_offload_mask bit fields. > >> > >> dpdk.org/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c:404:27: fatal error: implicit truncation from 'int' to bitfield changes value from -1 to 127 [-Wbitfield-constant-conversion] > >> tx_offload_mask.l2_len = ~0; > >> > >> The fix proposed here is to define a static const value of the same type > >> with all fields set to 1s, and use that instead of constants for assigning to. > >> > >> Other options would be to explicitily define the suitable constants that > >> would not truncate for each individual field e.g. 0x7f for l2_len, 0x1FF > >> for l3_len, etc., but this solution here has the advantage that it works > >> without any changes to values if the field sizes are ever modified. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson > >> --- > >> lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c | 29 +++++++++++++++-------------- > >> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c > >> index 8559ef6..4f71194 100644 > >> --- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c > >> +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c > >> @@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ ixgbe_set_xmit_ctx(struct igb_tx_queue* txq, > >> volatile struct ixgbe_adv_tx_context_desc *ctx_txd, > >> uint64_t ol_flags, union ixgbe_tx_offload tx_offload) > >> { > >> + static const union ixgbe_tx_offload offload_allones = { .data = ~0 }; > > Do you want to make this a static data structure? If you make it a macro like > > this: > > #define ALLONES {.data = ~0} > > Then you save the extra data space in the .data area (not that its that much), > > and you can define it in a header file and use it in multiple c files (if you > > need to) > > I found that the following code works: > > tx_offload_mask.l2_len |= ~0; > > (note the '|=' instead of '=') > > I would avoid to create a macro. What do you think? > > Regards, > Olivier Nice one - cleanest solution thus far, so I suggest we go with that option. Have you got a patch for it ready? /Bruce