[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/virtio: fix build with gcc optimization on

Liu, Yong yong.liu at intel.com
Fri Jul 6 04:00:34 CEST 2018



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2018 5:52 PM
> To: Liu, Yong <yong.liu at intel.com>; maxime.coquelin at redhat.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Bie, Tiwei <tiwei.bie at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/virtio: fix build with gcc optimization on
> 
> On 7/4/2018 11:56 AM, Marvin Liu wrote:
> > build error on gcc version 8.1.1 20180502 (Red Hat 8.1.1-1),
> > with optimization level >= O2
> >
> > .../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c:
> >    In function ‘virtio_xmit_cleanup_inorder’:
> > .../drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c:195:24:
> >    error: ‘desc_idx’ may be used uninitialized in this function
> >    [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> >   uint16_t i, used_idx, desc_idx, last_idx;
> >                         ^~~~~~~~
> > Optimization option fcode-hoisting will cause error on gcc 8.x.x.
> > Initialize desc_idx before using can fix build error.
> >
> > Fixes: e3851816e63c ("net/virtio: support in-order Rx and Tx")
> >
> > Reported-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Marvin Liu <yong.liu at intel.com>
> 
> Hi Marvin,
> 
> Sorry if this was not clear, I already did the update while merging the
> patch in
> next-net [1]. Can you please check the latest code in next-net?
> 
> [1]
> ...
>      193 virtio_xmit_cleanup_inorder(struct virtqueue *vq, uint16_t num)
>      194 {
>      195         uint16_t i, used_idx, desc_idx = 0, last_idx;
> ...
> 

Ferruh, the latest code in next-net can build pass. You can ignore this patch. 

> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > index 6394071b8..19beb4bf4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
> > @@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ virtio_xmit_cleanup(struct virtqueue *vq, uint16_t
> num)
> >  static void
> >  virtio_xmit_cleanup_inorder(struct virtqueue *vq, uint16_t num)
> >  {
> > -	uint16_t i, used_idx, desc_idx, last_idx;
> > +	uint16_t i, used_idx, last_idx;
> > +	uint16_t desc_idx = 0;
> >  	int16_t free_cnt = 0;
> >  	struct vq_desc_extra *dxp = NULL;
> >
> >



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