[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] xenvirt: Fix build break on cmdline_parse_etheraddr call

[Qiu, Michael]

On 2014/12/18 19:26, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:20:26PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>> 2014-12-17 12:03, Neil Horman:
>>> Back in:
>>>
>>> commit aaa662e75c23c61a1d79bd4d1f9f35b4967c39db
>>> Author: Alan Carew <alan.carew at intel.com>
>>> Date:   Fri Dec 5 15:19:07 2014 +0100
>>>
>>>     cmdline: fix overflow on bsd
>>>
>>> The author failed to fixup a call to cmdline_parse_etheraddr in xenvirt.  This
>>> patch makes the needed correction to avoid a build break
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com>
>>> CC: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
>> What is the meaning of CC here?
>>
> CC is a tag that git send-email understands.  As it implies it cc's the post to
> the indicated email, and records that fact in the body of the commit.

But if you use --cc in git send-email will be a good choice. CC list is
useless for patch it self, but here it will exist in commit log(although
this style can also be seen in linux kernel)

Thanks,
Michael
>>> --- a/lib/librte_pmd_xenvirt/rte_eth_xenvirt.c
>>> +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_xenvirt/rte_eth_xenvirt.c
>>> @@ -586,8 +586,9 @@ rte_eth_xenvirt_parse_args(struct xenvirt_dict *dict,
>>>  		if (!strncmp(pair[0], RTE_ETH_XENVIRT_MAC_PARAM,
>>>  				sizeof(RTE_ETH_XENVIRT_MAC_PARAM))) {
>>>  			if (cmdline_parse_etheraddr(NULL,
>>> -							pair[1],
>>> -							&dict->addr) < 0) {
>>> +						    pair[1],
>>> +						    &dict->addr,
>>> +						    sizeof(struct ether_addr)) < 0) {
>> Why not sizeof(dict->addr)?
>>
> Because addr is a struct ether_addr, and I always get confused when doing sizeof
> on pointer variables, so I find it more clear to specify the type exactly.  I'm
> not bound to it though so if you like I can change it, though given its release
> day, I figure you want to fix this build break asap.
> Neil
>
>> -- 
>> Thomas
>>