[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] drivers/net: do not redefine bool

[Thomas Monjalon]

24/09/2018 17:06, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 9/20/2018 1:18 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > -#define false                         FALSE
> > -#define true                          TRUE
> 
> TRUE and FALSE also defined in this patch, can we remove them too?

I don't see the need to remove TRUE and FALSE.
The base drivers use them on other platforms, and it is convenient to not
change the base drivers.

[...]
> >  static int
> >  ixgbevf_check_link(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, ixgbe_link_speed *speed,
> > -		   int *link_up, int wait_to_complete)
> > +		   bool *link_up, int wait_to_complete)
> 
> Also need to change "wait_to_complete" to bool because below changes start
> sending bool type to this function.

[...]
> > --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
> > @@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ ixgbe_recv_pkts_lro(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts,
> >  		struct ixgbe_rx_entry *next_rxe = NULL;
> >  		struct rte_mbuf *first_seg;
> >  		struct rte_mbuf *rxm;
> > -		struct rte_mbuf *nmb;
> > +		struct rte_mbuf *nmb = NULL;
> 
> This change is unrelated. Can we separate this one?

Yes it looks unrelated but it becomes necessary when including stdbool.h.
I don't know the root cause, but yes, it may deserve a separate commit.
Maybe an ixgbe maintainer can take care of it?