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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>,
	Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>,
	Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>,
	Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>,
	Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>,
	Rasesh Mody <rasesh.mody@cavium.com>,
	Harish Patil <harish.patil@cavium.com>,
	Shahed Shaikh <shahed.shaikh@cavium.com>,
	Yong Wang <yongwang@vmware.com>,
	dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers/net: do not redefine bool
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:43:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f713c4df-7286-ae9d-ddd0-d1aefd76ccc0@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5551506.CmDVCAXTxv@xps>

On 9/21/2018 3:49 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 21/09/2018 15:47, Ferruh Yigit:
>> On 9/20/2018 1:18 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> When trying to include stdbool.h in DPDK base headers, there are a lot
>>> of conflicts with drivers which redefine bool/true/false
>>> in their compatibility layer.
>>>
>>> It is fixed by including stdbool.h in these drivers.
>>> Some errors with usage of bool type are also fixed in some drivers.
>>>
>>> Note: the driver qede has a surprising mix of bool and int:
>>> 	(~p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi & ETH_HSI_VER_MINOR)
>>> where the first variable is boolean and the version is a number.
>>> It is replaced by
>>> 	!p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_compat.h         |  2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_osdep.h     |  5 +----
>>>  drivers/net/fm10k/base/fm10k_osdep.h     |  8 +-------
>>>  drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c         |  4 ++--
>>>  drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_osdep.h     |  6 +-----
>>>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c         | 16 +++++++++-------
>>>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c           |  2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/qede/base/bcm_osal.h         |  6 ++----
>>>  drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vf.c         |  3 +--
>>>  drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c           |  2 +-
>>>  drivers/net/vmxnet3/base/vmxnet3_osdep.h |  3 ++-
>>>  11 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>>
>> <...>
>>
>>> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
>>>  #ifndef _E1000_OSDEP_H_
>>>  #define _E1000_OSDEP_H_
>>>  
>>> +#include <stdbool.h>
>>>  #include <stdint.h>
>>>  #include <stdio.h>
>>>  #include <stdarg.h>
>>> @@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ typedef int64_t		s64;
>>>  typedef int32_t		s32;
>>>  typedef int16_t		s16;
>>>  typedef int8_t		s8;
>>> -typedef int		bool;
>>>  
>>>  #define __le16		u16
>>>  #define __le32		u32
>>> @@ -192,7 +192,4 @@ static inline uint16_t e1000_read_addr16(volatile void *addr)
>>>  #define ETH_ADDR_LEN                  6
>>>  #endif
>>>  
>>> -#define false                         FALSE
>>> -#define true                          TRUE
>>> -
>>
>> It is too much hassle to update Intel base driver code.
> 
> It is not really base driver code.
> It was agreed that *_osdep.h can be modified:
> 	http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/README#n56

Right.

> 
>> What would happen if not
>> include stdbool and keep define for base code updates? Will it break build for
>> applications?
> 
> The problem is not applications, but using stdbool in DPDK headers.

I see.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-24 14:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-20  0:18 Thomas Monjalon
2018-09-20 17:48 ` Shaikh, Shahed
2018-09-21 13:47 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-09-21 14:49   ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-09-24 14:43     ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2018-09-24 15:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-09-24 16:59   ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-09-25  8:03     ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-09-25  9:04       ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-10-03 14:11         ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-10-03 19:16           ` Thomas Monjalon

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