Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 1/2] net/mlx5: fix clang compilation

On 8/29/2017 4:35 PM, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:

On redhat 7.2 clang reports the following error:
   CC mlx5_rxmode.o
 /drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c:820:32: error: field 'edata' with variable
  sized type 'struct ethtool_link_settings' not at the end of a struct or
  class is a GNU extension [-Werror,-Wgnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end]
      struct ethtool_link_settings edata;

Use alternative approach to reserve buffer space on the stack.

Fixes: ef09a7fc7620 ("net/mlx5: fix inconsistent link status query")
Cc: gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <redacted>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <redacted>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.