[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] build: fix using ELF-only linker flags with COFF

[Thomas Monjalon]

13/01/2021 21:27, Ranjit Menon:
> On 1/11/2021 4:36 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> > The --export-dynamic linker option is only applicable to ELF.
> > On Windows, where COFF is used, it causes warnings:
> >
> >      x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld: warning: --export-dynamic is not supported
> >      for PE+ targets, did you mean --export-all-symbols? (MinGW)
> >
> >      LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/-export-dynamic';
> >      ignored (clang)
> >
> > Don't add --export-dynamic on Windows anywhere.
> >
> > Fixes: b031e13d7f0d ("build: fix plugin load on static build")
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Using TLS variables with DLLs is problematic on Windows for now,
> > so not attempting to check or solve the issue with plugin load.
> 
> Acked-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>

Applied, thanks

Why we didn't catch it in advance in CI?