[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] eal/x86: fix build with clang for old AVX

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Feb 4 09:47:54 CET 2016


2016-02-04 03:35, Wang, Zhihong:
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/3] eal/x86: fix build with clang for old AVX
> > 
> > When configuring RTE_MACHINE to "default", rte_memcpy implementation
> > is the default one (old AVX).
> > In this code, clang raises a warning thanks to -Wsometimes-uninitialized:
> > 
> > rte_memcpy.h:838:6: error:
> > variable 'srcofs' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
> >         if (dstofss > 0) {
> >             ^~~~~~~~~~~
> > rte_memcpy.h:849:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> >         if (srcofs == 0) {
> >             ^~~~~~
> > 
> > It is fixed by initializing srcofs to 0.
> > 
> > Fixes: 1ae817f9f887 ("eal/x86: tune memcpy for platforms without AVX512")
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out!
> My last hasty modification on this is not correct.
> 
> The patch below will fix it. All modifications are tested.
> Sorry for all the hassle! :'(
> 
> "srcofs" should be calculated based on source address anyway.

OK
Please send a full patch as usual, thanks.


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