[PATCH v2] pcapng: allow any protocol link type for the interface block

[Thomas Monjalon]

Please can you compare which libraries are built before/after your patch?


02/07/2025 21:30, Dylan Schneider:
> Hey Thomas,
> I retried a build when libpcap was absent and was able to reproduce the same errors as you did.
> 
> Error: cannot find librte_pcapng.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> Error: cannot find librte_graph.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> Error: cannot find librte_node.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> Error: cannot find librte_pdump.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> 
> These Errors are coming from ABI check: dpdk/devtools/check-abi.sh:49
> 
> I see in this function that it is checking for the existence of these libraries, which will be absent when libpcap is absent. Is there a way to have the abi-check skip these libraries if they are not built?
> Or better question: How does the abi-check even know about these libraries if they are never built?
> 
> Thanks!
> Dylan
> 
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> ________________________________
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2025 8:28 AM
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> Cc: dev at dpdk.org <dev at dpdk.org>; Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan at intel.com>; Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>; Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>; Kiran Kumar K <kirankumark at marvell.com>; Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram at marvell.com>; Zhirun Yan <yanzhirun_163 at 163.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pcapng: allow any protocol link type for the interface block
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> Sorry I did not investigate, but there is probably a different installation of the pcap library.
> 
> I have this in a config file:
> 
> pcaparm=$deps/libpcap/build-aarch64/install # requires big changes in DPDK
> #export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$pcaparm/lib/pkgconfig
> 
> I don't remember what are the big changes required, and why it is disabled.
> 
> Checking Meson, libpcap is indeed not found on aarch64:
> 
>         Run-time dependency libpcap found: NO (tried pkgconfig)
>         Library pcap found: NO
> 
> Can you check whether the error can be related to the absence of libpcap?
> 
> 
> 
> 30/06/2025 15:50, Dylan Schneider:
> > Hey Thomas, just wanted to confirm,  I see the ARM build passing in CI. Is there a reason it would pass there but not on your dev machine?
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Dylan Schneider <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 11:46 AM
> > To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org <dev at dpdk.org>; Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan at intel.com>; Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>; Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>; Kiran Kumar K <kirankumark at marvell.com>; Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram at marvell.com>; Zhirun Yan <yanzhirun_163 at 163.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pcapng: allow any protocol link type for the interface block
> >
> >
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> > Hey Thomas,
> > Thanks for the reply.
> > Can you tell me the build command you're using to produce those errors? I have ran the builds on my test machine and cannot reproduce these. Thanks!
> > Dylan
> > ________________________________
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 11:39 AM
> > To: Dylan Schneider <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org <dev at dpdk.org>; Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan at intel.com>; Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>; Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>; Kiran Kumar K <kirankumark at marvell.com>; Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram at marvell.com>; Zhirun Yan <yanzhirun_163 at 163.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pcapng: allow any protocol link type for the interface block
> >
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> > 09/06/2025 23:19, Schneide:
> > > From: Dylan Schneider <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com>
> > >
> > > Allow the user to specify protocol link type when creating pcapng files.
> > > This change is needed to specify the protocol type in the pcapng file,
> > > DLT_EN10MB specifies ethernet packets only. This will allow dissectors
> > > for other protocols to be used on files generated by pcapng.
> > >
> > > Includes a breaking change to rte_pcapng_add_interface to add link_type
> > > parameter. Existing calls to the function have been updated to pass
> > > DLT_EN10MB for the link type argument.
> > >
> > > Fixes: d1da6d0d04c7 ("pcapng: require per-interface information")
> > > Signed-off-by: Dylan Schneider <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com>
> > > Cc: stephen at networkplumber.org
> >
> > I doesn't pass compilation test on my machine:
> >
> > Error: cannot find librte_pcapng.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> > Error: cannot find librte_graph.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> > Error: cannot find librte_node.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
> > Error: cannot find librte_pdump.so.25.1 in dpdk-build/build-arm64-generic-gcc/install
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