[PATCH 00/16] remove use of VLAs for Windows built code

[Konstantin Ananyev]

Hi Tyler,

> As per guidance technical board meeting 2024/04/17. This series
> removes the use of VLAs from code built for Windows for all 3
> toolchains. If there are additional opportunities to convert VLAs
> to regular C arrays please provide the details for incorporation
> into the series.

I submitted the RFC series:
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=31781
that provides alternate approach to VLA removal (without alloca())
for core libs.
Feel free to re-use whatever is appropriate in your series. 
If time permits, I'll try to look to other libs from your series
(probably next week or so).
Konstantin

> 
> MSVC does not support VLAs, replace VLAs with standard C arrays
> or alloca(). alloca() is available for all toolchain/platform
> combinations officially supported by DPDK.
> 
> Tyler Retzlaff (16):
>   eal: include header required for alloca
>   hash: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   ethdev: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   gro: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   latencystats: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   lpm: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   rcu: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   app/testpmd: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   test: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   common/idpf: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/i40e: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/ice: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/ixgbe: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   common/mlx5: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   net/mlx5: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code
>   build: enable vla warnings on Windows built code
> 
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                        |  2 +-
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c                   |  9 +++--
>  app/test-pmd/config.c                         | 16 +++++----
>  app/test-pmd/shared_rxq_fwd.c                 |  2 +-
>  app/test/test.c                               |  2 +-
>  app/test/test_cmdline_string.c                |  2 +-
>  app/test/test_cryptodev.c                     | 32 +++++++++---------
>  app/test/test_cryptodev_blockcipher.c         |  4 +--
>  app/test/test_cryptodev_crosscheck.c          |  2 +-
>  app/test/test_dmadev.c                        |  9 +++--
>  app/test/test_hash.c                          |  8 ++---
>  app/test/test_mempool.c                       | 25 +++++++-------
>  app/test/test_reassembly_perf.c               |  4 +--
>  app/test/test_reorder.c                       | 48 +++++++++++++++------------
>  app/test/test_service_cores.c                 |  9 +++--
>  app/test/test_thash.c                         |  7 ++--
>  config/meson.build                            |  4 +++
>  drivers/common/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx.c        |  2 +-
>  drivers/common/idpf/idpf_common_rxtx_avx512.c |  6 ++--
>  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h             |  4 +--
>  drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.c          |  7 ++--
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_testpmd.c               |  5 ++-
>  drivers/net/ice/ice_rxtx.c                    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c              |  5 +--
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx_vec_common.h     |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c                       |  5 ++-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c                  |  6 ++--
>  lib/eal/linux/include/rte_os.h                |  1 +
>  lib/eal/windows/include/rte_os.h              |  1 +
>  lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.c                       |  9 ++---
>  lib/gro/rte_gro.c                             |  4 +--
>  lib/hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c                    |  4 +--
>  lib/hash/rte_thash.c                          |  2 +-
>  lib/latencystats/rte_latencystats.c           |  2 +-
>  lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h                             |  2 +-
>  lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c                        |  6 ++--
>  36 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 1.8.3.1