[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx: update C compliance standard

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/30/2017 6:19 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> This commit addresses a compilation issue against Glibc >= 2.25, which
> implements assert() through a nonstandard ({ }) construct. Such constructs
> can normally not be used without __extension__ keyword when -pedantic is
> enabled, as is the case when compiling mlx4 and mlx5 PMDs in debug mode.
> 
> While assert.h checks for the compiler ability to support GNU extensions,
> Clang, unlike GCC, does not allow the above syntax when combining
> -std=gnu99 with -pedantic.
> 
> Work around missing keyword by moving these PMDs to a stricter compliance
> standard without GNU extensions but properly checked by Glibc. Doing so is
> supported on the DPDK side since includes have been cleaned up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.