On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 2:17 PM fengchengwen [off-list ref] wrote:

We also found compile error with gcc8.3 with arm64_kunpeng930_linux_gcc (-march=-march=armv8.2-a+crypto+sve):
  In file included from ../dpdk-next-net/lib/eal/common/eal_common_options.c:38:
  ../dpdk-next-net/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_vect.h:13:10: fatal error: arm_sve.h: No such file or directory
   #include <arm_sve.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~
  compilation terminated.
  [126/2250] Compiling C object lib/librte_net.a.p/net_rte_net_crc.c.o

the corresponding code:
  #ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_SVE
  #include <arm_sve.h>
  #endif

this is because gcc8.3 defined __ARM_FEATURE_SVE but it can't compile ACLE SVE code.

Afaiu, gcc 8.3 does not define __ARM_FEATURE_SVE:

$ aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc --version
aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture
8.3-2019.03 (arm-rel-8.36)) 8.3.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



$ aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc - -pipe -E -P -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -P -O0
-march=armv8-a+crc <<EOF

        #ifndef __ARM_FEATURE_SVE
        # define __ARM_FEATURE_SVE
        #endif
        "MESON_GET_DEFINE_DELIMITER"
__ARM_FEATURE_SVE
EOF

        "MESON_GET_DEFINE_DELIMITER"


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David Marchand