[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/tap: fix compilation issue with old kernels

[Raslan Darawsheh]

reference to glibc which is missing from commit log:
https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/f9b437d5efce93800b51ad2a437c8b1c9616bf80

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at mellanox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 12:46 PM
> To: ferruh.yigit at intel.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; stephen at networkplumber.org
> Subject: [PATCH] net/tap: fix compilation issue with old kernels
> 
> With old kernels that don't have support for extended ack
> the variable one is not used which will cause a compilation
> failure:
> drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c:48:6:
> error: unused variable 'one' [-Werror=unused-variable]
>   int one = 1;
>       ^~~
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> Fixes: f11e38d90980 ("net/tap: use netlink extended ack support")
> Cc: stephen at networkplumber.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c b/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> index a77486d8e..b73802b51 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ tap_nl_init(uint32_t nl_groups)
>  		.nl_family = AF_NETLINK,
>  		.nl_groups = nl_groups,
>  	};
> +#ifdef NETLINK_EXT_ACK
>  	int one = 1;
> +#endif
> 
>  	fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC,
> NETLINK_ROUTE);
>  	if (fd < 0) {
> --
> 2.26.0