On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 07:28:19PM +0800, Michael Qiu wrote: > 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 *'. >
What compiler version is this with? Is there any other way to fix this other than disabling the compiler warnings. Turning off strict aliasing may affect performance as it reduces the number of optimizations that the compiler can perform. /Bruce > Need to add CFLAG '-Wno-strict-aliasing' to avoid this issue. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Qiu <michael.qiu at intel.com> > --- > app/test-pmd/Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/app/test-pmd/Makefile b/app/test-pmd/Makefile > index 97dc2e6..995c874 100644 > --- a/app/test-pmd/Makefile > +++ b/app/test-pmd/Makefile > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_TEST_PMD),y) > # > APP = testpmd > > -CFLAGS += -O3 > +CFLAGS += -O3 -Wno-strict-aliasing > CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS) > > ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP),y) > -- > 1.9.3 >
