[dpdk-dev] [dpdk v1] net/mlx5: fix possible building error

[Ali Alnubani]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 2:23 AM
> To: Ali Alnubani <alialnu at mellanox.com>
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org; Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk v1] net/mlx5: fix possible building error
> 
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 1:09 AM Ali Alnubani <alialnu at mellanox.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tonghao,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of
> > > xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 29, 2020 12:27 PM
> > > To: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> > > Cc: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk v1] net/mlx5: fix possible building error
> > >
> > > From: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > When setting the CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB to y, and build the
> > > mlx5 pmd, there is a building error.
> > > To fix it, add RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN to include relative codes.
> > >
> > > > mlx5_common.o: In function `mlx5_glue_init':
> > > > drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c:324: undefined reference to
> > > `dlclose'
> > >
> > > Fixes: 7b4f1e6bd367 ("common/mlx5: introduce common library")
> > > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c | 5 +++--
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> >
> > I test this case on multiple environments and don't see the build failure.
> Can you please provide more information about yours, and how to
> reproduce this?
> Hi Ali,
> I use the dpdk-next-net, and the last commit id is
> d7142fbae16f185e11bfa44be061399afc40a1be.
> The build config is show as below:
> 
> diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base index
> 7ca2f28..4bd5126 100644
> --- a/config/common_base
> +++ b/config/common_base
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_ENABLE_LTO=n  #  # Compile to share
> library  # -CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=n
> +CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=y
> 
>  #
>  # Use newest code breaking previous ABI @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
> CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG=n  # Compile burst-oriented Mellanox
> ConnectX-4, ConnectX-5,  # ConnectX-6 & BlueField (MLX5) PMD  # -
> CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=n
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y
>  CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG=n
> 
>  #
> 
> The building failure log show:
> LD librte_common_mlx5.so.20.0.1
> mlx5_common.o: In function `mlx5_glue_init':
> /root/zth/myshell/dpdk-next-
> net/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c:324:
> undefined reference to `dlclose'
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> 

Do you mind sharing which OS are you using, which gcc/clang version, whether you have MLNX_OFED or rdma-core installed, and which version?

Thanks,
Ali