[PATCH v5] eal: define __SIZEOF_LONG__ when using MSVC

[Andre Muezerie]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 11:56:13AM +0100, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM Andre Muezerie
> <andremue at linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > Macro __SIZEOF_LONG__ is not standardized and MSVC does not define it.
> > Therefore the errors below are seen with MSVC:
> >
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar.c(465): error C2065:
> >     '__SIZEOF_LONG__': undeclared identifier
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar.c(478): error C2051:
> >     case expression not constant
> >
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar_bfloat16.c(33): error C2065:
> >     '__SIZEOF_LONG__': undeclared identifier
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar_bfloat16.c(49): error C2051:
> >     case expression not constant
> >
> > The fix is to define __SIZEOF_LONG__ in a common header when
> > MSVC is used.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue at linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  lib/eal/include/rte_compat.h | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> rte_compat only deals with symbol versioning.
> I think a better location would be windows/rte_os.h.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> David Marchand

Thanks for the suggestion. I updated the patch accordingly.