[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/10] eal/windows: fix rte_page_sizes with Clang on Windows

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 1:16 AM Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Clang on Windows follows MS ABI where enum values are limited to 2^31-1.
> > Enum rte_page_size has members valued above this limit, which get
> > wrapped to zero, resulting in compilation error (duplicate values in
> > enum). Using MS ABI is mandatory for Windows EAL to call Win32 APIs.
> >
> > Define these values outside of the enum for Clang on Windows only.
> > This does not affect runtime, because Windows doesn't run on machines
> > with 4GiB and 16GiB hugepages.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/librte_eal/include/rte_memory.h | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_memory.h b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_memory.h
> > index 1b7c3e5df..3ec673f51 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_memory.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_memory.h
> > @@ -34,8 +34,14 @@ enum rte_page_sizes {
> >         RTE_PGSIZE_256M  = 1ULL << 28,
> >         RTE_PGSIZE_512M  = 1ULL << 29,
> >         RTE_PGSIZE_1G    = 1ULL << 30,
> > +/* Work around Clang on Windows being limited to 32-bit underlying type. */  
> 
> It does look like "enum rte_page_sizes" NOT used as enum anywhere.
> 
> [master][dpdk.org] $ grep -ri "enum rte_page_sizes" lib/
> lib/librte_eal/include/rte_memory.h:enum rte_page_sizes {
> 
> Why not remove this workaround and define all items as #define to
> avoid below ifdef clutter.
> 
> > +#if !defined(RTE_CC_CLANG) || !defined(RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS)  
> 
> See above.
> 
> >         RTE_PGSIZE_4G    = 1ULL << 32,
> >         RTE_PGSIZE_16G   = 1ULL << 34,
> > +#else
> > +#define RTE_PGSIZE_4G  (1ULL << 32)
> > +#define RTE_PGSIZE_16G (1ULL << 34)
> > +#endif
> >  };
> >
> >  #define SOCKET_ID_ANY -1                    /**< Any NUMA socket. */
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >  

This is a public header and removing enum rte_page_sizes will break API.
Moving members out of enum while keeping enum itself might break compilation
because of integer constants being converted to enum (with -Werror).

-- 
Dmitry Kozlyuk