[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix service array initialisation
Nélio Laranjeiro
nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Thu Sep 21 14:04:43 CEST 2017
Hi Harry,
On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:53:48AM +0000, Van Haaren, Harry wrote:
> > From: Nelio Laranjeiro [mailto:nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:48 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Van Haaren, Harry <harry.van.haaren at intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] eal: fix service array initialisation
> >
> > GCC is complaining on variable used without being initialised.
> >
> > dpdk.org/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c:
> > In function ‘rte_service_start_with_defaults’:
> > dpdk.org/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c:449:9:
> > error: ‘ids[0]’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-
> > uninitialized]
> > ret = rte_service_map_lcore_set(i, ids[lcore_iter], 1);
> >
> > Fixes: 21698354c832 ("service: introduce service cores concept")
> > Cc: harry.van.haaren at intel.com
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>
>
> Hi Nelio,
>
> Thanks for the patch - indeed this seems to be an issue. It was raised by Yang too
> in this thread http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-September/076210.html
>
> Given I've asked for a v2 of that patchset, and it was posted earlier I'll suggest
> to merge that one, if that's OK with you?
Yes, it is. I have search for such patch, but it is not easy to find
it. I will move this patch to superseded on the patchwork.
> On another note, I'm curious why neither I or the automated build-system experienced this...
I don't know either, I faced the issue on debian 8, on ubuntu 16.04 and
redhat the issue is not visible. It becomes quiet complicate for a
single guy to test on so many distributions ;)
> Thanks for investigating / proposing a solution. -Harry
Thanks,
--
Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND
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