Re: [PATCH v3] test-pmd: Fix pointer aliasing error

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Re: [PATCH v3] test-pmd: Fix pointer aliasing error

From: Thomas Monjalon <hidden>
Date: 2014-12-11 00:54:21

quoted
app/test-pmd/csumonly.c: In function ‘get_psd_sum’:
build/include/rte_ip.h:161: error: dereferencing pointer ‘u16’
        does break strict-aliasing rules
build/include/rte_ip.h:157: note: initialized from here
        ...

The root cause is that, compile enable strict aliasing by default,
while in function rte_raw_cksum() try to convert 'const char *'
to 'const uint16_t *'.

This patch is one workaround fix.

Signed-off-by: Michael Qiu <redacted>
---
v3 --> v2:
	use uintptr_t instead of unsigned long to
	save pointer.

v2 --> v1:
	Workaround solution instead of shut off the
	gcc params.
This workaround is to solve the compile issue of GCC strict-aliasing(Two
different type pointers should not be point to the same memory address).

For GCC 4.4.7 it will definitely occurs if  flags "-fstrict-aliasing"
and "-Wall" used.
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <redacted>> 

Applied with a comment in the code.

Thanks
-- 
Thomas

Re: [PATCH v3] test-pmd: Fix pointer aliasing error

From: r k <hidden>
Date: 2014-12-11 17:51:44

Thomas, Michael,

Wouldn't it cause unaligned memory access (new changes as well as the
previous code)? Wondering if get_unaligned/put_unaligned macros similar to
the ones used in kernel be ported to user-space?

Thanks,
Ravi

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon [off-list ref]
wrote:
quoted
quoted
app/test-pmd/csumonly.c: In function 'get_psd_sum':
build/include/rte_ip.h:161: error: dereferencing pointer 'u16'
        does break strict-aliasing rules
build/include/rte_ip.h:157: note: initialized from here
        ...

The root cause is that, compile enable strict aliasing by default,
while in function rte_raw_cksum() try to convert 'const char *'
to 'const uint16_t *'.

This patch is one workaround fix.

Signed-off-by: Michael Qiu <redacted>
---
v3 --> v2:
    use uintptr_t instead of unsigned long to
    save pointer.

v2 --> v1:
    Workaround solution instead of shut off the
    gcc params.
This workaround is to solve the compile issue of GCC strict-aliasing(Two
different type pointers should not be point to the same memory address).

For GCC 4.4.7 it will definitely occurs if  flags "-fstrict-aliasing"
and "-Wall" used.
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <redacted>>

Applied with a comment in the code.

Thanks
--
Thomas

Re: [PATCH v3] test-pmd: Fix pointer aliasing error

From: Qiu, Michael <hidden>
Date: 2014-12-12 06:49:17

On 2014/12/12 1:51, r k wrote:
Thomas, Michael,

Wouldn't it cause unaligned memory access (new changes as well as the previous code)? Wondering if get_unaligned/put_unaligned macros similar to the ones used in kernel be ported to user-space?


I think it will not, as all buf point to are struct udp_hdr/struct tcp_hdr/struct ipv6_psd_header/struct ipv4_psd_header, they are all aligned with uint16_t.

Thanks
Michael
Thanks,
Ravi

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org<mailto:thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>> wrote:
quoted
app/test-pmd/csumonly.c: In function ‘get_psd_sum’:
build/include/rte_ip.h:161: error: dereferencing pointer ‘u16’
        does break strict-aliasing rules
build/include/rte_ip.h:157: note: initialized from here
        ...

The root cause is that, compile enable strict aliasing by default,
while in function rte_raw_cksum() try to convert 'const char *'
to 'const uint16_t *'.

This patch is one workaround fix.

Signed-off-by: Michael Qiu <michael.qiu-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org<mailto:michael.qiu@intel.com>>
---
v3 --> v2:
    use uintptr_t instead of unsigned long to
    save pointer.

v2 --> v1:
    Workaround solution instead of shut off the
    gcc params.
This workaround is to solve the compile issue of GCC strict-aliasing(Two
different type pointers should not be point to the same memory address).

For GCC 4.4.7 it will definitely occurs if  flags "-fstrict-aliasing"
and "-Wall" used.
Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org<mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>>>

Applied with a comment in the code.

Thanks
--
Thomas
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