Re: [dpdk-dev] lib: include rte_memory.h for __rte_cache_aligned

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>]

Hi Neil,

2014-12-10 19:28, Neil Horman:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 07:09:03PM +0000, Jia Yu wrote:
> > Hi Neil,
> > 
> > Moving __rte_cache_aligned right after struct keyword will help. On the
> > other hand, enforcing this rule for existing (100+) and future definitions
> > will be difficult. It¹s clearer and a good practice to include header file
> > explicitly.
> > 
> You need to include the header file regardless of what you do.  The advantage to
> placing the macro right after the struct keyword is that failure to include the
> header will result in a compiler error, rather than silent behavioral changes
> and run time breakage.
> 
> You don't have to enforce putting the attribute after the struct keyword, I'd
> say just move them now to protect the current code.  Subsequent patch authors
> will see the existing style and follow suit.  Or they won't, and we'll point out
> the issue during review.

It should be a different patch for next release cycle.
Let's apply this fix only for 1.8.0.

-- 
Thomas