[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/4] eal: export needed functions for mbuf

[Thomas Monjalon]

16/06/2020 11:26, Dmitry Kozlyuk:
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> > 16/06/2020 10:33, Tal Shnaiderman:
> > > > 01/06/2020 11:38, talshn at mellanox.com:  
> > > > > From: Tal Shnaiderman <talshn at mellanox.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Export needed eal functions used by the lib.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Tal Shnaiderman <talshn at mellanox.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > --- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
> > > > > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
> > > > > @@ -394,4 +394,5 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
> > > > >  	rte_mem_unmap;
> > > > >  	__emutls_v.per_lcore__rte_errno;
> > > > >  	__rte_trace_mem_per_thread_alloc;
> > > > > +	__emutls_v.per_lcore__lcore_id;  
> > 
> > We already have per_lcore__lcore_id and per_lcore__rte_errno
> > for Linux and FreeBSD.
> > The prefix __emutls_v. for MinGW looks wrong.
> > If it is really required, it should be added automatically
> > in my opinion.
> > I think we can do it in buildtools/map_to_def.py
> > by adding this prefix to per_lcore__ when required.
> 
> MinGW doesn't use .def, it's for link.exe only (used by Clang). To my
> understanding, multiple .map files can be used [1]. The "overlay .map" for
> MinGW can then be generated from the generic .map by a separate script.
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/PlushBeaver/dpdk/blob/windows/lib/meson.build#L174

Yes please generate a map with the fixed prefix.
It can be done in a script similar to buildtools/map_to_def.py, right?