[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: remove variable length array

[Jeff Shaw <jeffrey.b.shaw@intel.com>]

Compilers that do not support the C99 standard, or do not implement
gcc extensions, may not support variable length arrays.

The code prior to this commit produced the following warning when
compiled with "-Wvla -std=c90".

  warning: ISO C90 forbids variable length array ‘array’ [-Wvla]

This commit removes the variable length array from the PMD debug
trace function by allocating memory dynamically on the stack using
alloca().

Signed-off-by: Jeff Shaw <jeffrey.b.shaw@intel.com>
---

V2:
 - Reference C99 in commit message instead of C11.
 - Remove unnecessary cast of alloca() returning void *.

---
 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index a9724dc91..6d7a220b0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -47,22 +47,21 @@ __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 0)))
 static inline void
 rte_pmd_debug_trace(const char *func_name, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	char *buffer;
+	int buf_len;
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	buf_len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap) + 1;
+	va_end(ap);
 
-	{
-		char buffer[vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap) + 1];
+	buffer = alloca(buf_len);
 
-		va_end(ap);
-
-		va_start(ap, fmt);
-		vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fmt, ap);
-		va_end(ap);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(buffer, buf_len, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
 
-		rte_log(RTE_LOG_ERR, RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD, "%s: %s",
-			func_name, buffer);
-	}
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ERR, RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD, "%s: %s", func_name, buffer);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.14.3