Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix compilation issue on kernel 3.19

["De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>]

Hi Thomas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 9:23 PM
> To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix compilation issue on kernel 3.19
> 
> Hi Pablo,
> 
> 2015-03-12 17:24, Pablo de Lara:
> > Due to API changes in functions ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink
> > and igb_ndo_fdb_add in kernel 3.19, DPDK would not build.
> 
> Please provide the Linux commit id for this change.
> 
> > This patch solves the problem, by checking the kernel version
> > and adding the necessary new parameters
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c |    7 +++++++
> >  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h  |    3 +++
> >  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> > index a802a02..24b147d 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> > @@ -2103,6 +2103,9 @@ static int igb_set_features(struct net_device
> *netdev,
> >  static int igb_ndo_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct nlattr *tb[],
> >  			   struct net_device *dev,
> >  			   const unsigned char *addr,
> > +#ifdef HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID
> > +			   u16 vid,
> > +#endif
> >  			   u16 flags)
> >  #else
> 
> You should explain in commit message why the change is not needed in
> #else
> (!USE_CONST_DEV_UC_CHAR for version < 3.7).
> 
> >  static int igb_ndo_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm,
> > @@ -2259,7 +2262,11 @@ static int igb_ndo_bridge_getlink(struct sk_buff
> *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
> >  	else
> >  		mode = BRIDGE_MODE_VEPA;
> >
> > +#ifdef HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID
> > +	return ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink(skb, pid, seq, dev, mode, 0, 0);
> > +#else
> >  	return ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink(skb, pid, seq, dev, mode);
> > +#endif /* HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID */
> >  }
> >  #endif /* HAVE_BRIDGE_ATTRIBS */
> >  #endif /* NTF_SELF */
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> > index 1213cc6..5c799e9 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
> > @@ -3881,4 +3881,7 @@ skb_set_hash(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 hash,
> __always_unused int type)
> >  #define HAVE_VF_MIN_MAX_TXRATE 1
> >  #endif /* >= 3.16.0 */
> >
> > +#if ( LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,19,0) )
> > +#define HAVE_NDO_FDB_ADD_VID
> > +#endif /* >= 3.19.0 */
> >  #endif /* _KCOMPAT_H_ */
> 
> A blank line is missing here.
> Are you sure there is no macro defined in the Linux changes which could be
> checked instead of version number? I dislike version checks because of
> backport problems.

I am not aware of such macro in the kernel, unfortunately.
I just sent a v2.

Thanks,
Pablo