[PATCH v9 18/21] build: enable vla warnings on Windows built code

[Andre Muezerie]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 09:20:29AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:54:43 -0800
> Andre Muezerie <andremue at linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com>
> > 
> > MSVC does not support optional C11 VLAs. When building for Windows
> > enable -Wvla so that mingw and clang also fail if a VLA is used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> 
> It would be good to catch VLA's in new code even if not on Windows.
> Some parts like testpmd and eal should have it enabled

That sounds like a good idea for further improvement. I would like
to keep that out of scope for this series though, so that other work
can be unblocked, if that is OK.

Regards,
Andre