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From: Ali Alnubani <alialnu@nvidia.com>
To: "NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL)" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "mdr@ashroe.eu" <mdr@ashroe.eu>,
	"david.marchand@redhat.com" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	"techboard@dpdk.org" <techboard@dpdk.org>,
	David Christensen <drc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] eal/ppc: undefine AltiVec keyword vector
Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 11:10:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DM4PR12MB516709CA8AA7D73D003ECC17DAD69@DM4PR12MB5167.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM4PR12MB51678F6D685C71333B4DC582DAD69@DM4PR12MB5167.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ali Alnubani
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 2:09 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; david.marchand@redhat.com; techboard@dpdk.org;
> David Christensen <drc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] eal/ppc: undefine AltiVec keyword vector
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 12:53 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: mdr@ashroe.eu; david.marchand@redhat.com; techboard@dpdk.org;
> > David Christensen <drc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] eal/ppc: undefine AltiVec keyword vector
> >
> > The AltiVec header file is defining "vector", except in C++ build.
> > The keyword "vector" may conflict easily.
> > As a rule, it is better to use the alternative keyword "__vector".
> >
> > The DPDK header file rte_altivec.h takes care of undefining "vector",
> > so the applications and dependencies are free to define the name
> "vector".
> >
> > This is a compatibility breakage for applications which were using
> > the keyword "vector" for its AltiVec meaning.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > ---
> 
> Build passes with latest rdma-core master (36395896) on Ubuntu 20.04.4.

Compiler: powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0

> 
> Tested-by: Ali Alnubani <alialnu@nvidia.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> Ali

  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-25 11:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-25  9:53 Thomas Monjalon
2022-05-25 10:01 ` Tyler Retzlaff
2022-05-25 11:08 ` Ali Alnubani
2022-05-25 11:10   ` Ali Alnubani [this message]
2022-05-25 11:48 ` Ray Kinsella
2022-05-25 15:40   ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-05-25 18:02     ` Ray Kinsella
2022-05-25 18:34       ` Tyler Retzlaff
2022-05-26 10:18         ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-05-26 11:02           ` Ray Kinsella
2022-06-01 15:04             ` Thomas Monjalon

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