[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test: Disable strict-aliasing warnings

[De Lara Guarch, Pablo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 10:01 AM
> To: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test: Disable strict-aliasing warnings
> 
> 2015-03-27 09:29, De Lara Guarch, Pablo:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > > 2015-03-26 19:17, Pablo de Lara:
> > > > DPDK does not build on gcc 4.4, as it complains due to
> > > > strict-aliasing rules in virtual_pmd and link_bonding_mode4 tests,
> > > > with no errors in next gcc versions:
> > >
> > > Do you mean it's not possible to fix it in the code?
> > > You are disabling some checks which may be relevant.
> >
> > I mean it is possible to fix, but probably not worth it, considering that
> > newer gcc versions have no issues (and gcc 4.4 is from 2011).
> > I have seen that there are other libraries that disable these warnings as
> well,
> > so I assumed we could do the same here.
> 
> It is preferred to avoid doing it.

Actually, I just realized that I missed checking the gcc version, so I was disabling the warnings in all versions.
I can send a v2 with that check, so we will still take into account those warnings for newer versions,
and just ignore it in gcc 4.4.

Thanks,
Pablo