[PATCH v3] drivers: remove __rte_used from functions for compatibility with MSVC

[Jerin Jacob]

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM Andre Muezerie
<andremue at linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> With gcc, the macro __rte_used translates to __attribute__((used)).
> MSVC has something to the same effect, but harder to use and with some
> limitations (one being that it cannot be used with "static"). Therefore,
> it makes sense to avoid __rte_used in some cases.
>
> The functions modified in this patch don't really need to use __rte_used.
> Instead, these functions can be involved in same ifdefs used in the
> callers. That way, they are only defined when needed (when
> someone is actually calling the function). Doing so makes the code
> compatible with MSVC and avoids compiler warnings about functions being
> defined but not used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue at linux.microsoft.com>
> Acked-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>

Updated the git commit as follows and applied to
dpdk-next-net-mrvl/for-main. Thanks


    net/cnxk: improve MSVC compatibility

    With gcc, the macro __rte_used translates to __attribute__((used)).
    MSVC has something to the same effect, but harder to use and with some
    limitations (one being that it cannot be used with "static"). Therefore,
    it makes sense to avoid __rte_used in some cases.

    The functions modified in this patch don't really need to use __rte_used.
    Instead, these functions can be involved in same ifdefs used in the
    callers. That way, they are only defined when needed (when
    someone is actually calling the function). Doing so makes the code
    compatible with MSVC and avoids compiler warnings about functions being
    defined but not used.

    Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue at linux.microsoft.com>
    Acked-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>