[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix bit field compiling error

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:28 PM
> To: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>; Bing Zhao
> <bingz at nvidia.com>; viacheslavo at mellanox.com; matan at mellanox.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>; Andrey Vesnovaty
> <andreyv at nvidia.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix bit field compiling error
> 
> On 10/26/2020 6:07 PM, Raslan Darawsheh wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bing Zhao <bingz at nvidia.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 7:25 PM
> >> To: viacheslavo at mellanox.com; matan at mellanox.com
> >> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> >> <rasland at nvidia.com>; Andrey Vesnovaty <andreyv at nvidia.com>
> >> Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix bit field compiling error
> >>
> >> Some old compilers and old specification will not support bit field
> >> with other types except integer or unsigned integer.
> >> Since the next and previous items are 64b and/or 32b aligned, bit
> >> field with "unsigned char" type will not save any space and the
> >> compiler will complain.
> >> Changing it to "unsigned int" type bit field will solve the issue.
> >>
> >> Fixes: f711b60d400b ("net/mlx5: modify hash Rx queue objects")
> >> Cc: andreyv at nvidia.com
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bingz at nvidia.com>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h | 2 +-
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
> >> index c537af9..e5640c1 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
> >> @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ struct mlx5_ind_table_obj {
> >>   struct mlx5_hrxq {
> >>   	ILIST_ENTRY(uint32_t)next; /* Index to the next element. */
> >>   	rte_atomic32_t refcnt; /* Reference counter. */
> >> -	uint8_t shared:1; /* This object used in shared action. */
> >> +	uint32_t shared:1; /* This object used in shared action. */
> >>   	struct mlx5_ind_table_obj *ind_table; /* Indirection table. */
> >>   	RTE_STD_C11
> >>   	union {
> >> --
> >> 1.8.3.1
> >
> > Patch squashed into relevant commit in next-net-mlx,
> >
> 
> Hi Raslan,
> 
> Updating patches that has been pulled by next-net makes very hard to pull
> your tree.
> 
> Can you please squash only ones that are still only in the mlx tree, for others
> I can update in the next-net which is easier than resolving conflicts on merge.
> 
Sure, and that's what I usually do not sure what happened and caused a squash for some pulled patches already. 

> Thanks,
> Ferruh
Kindest regards
Raslan Darawsheh