On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 09:58:59PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 17/09/2018 21:34, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 06:44:52PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 17/09/2018 17:17, Bruce Richardson:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 03:38:58PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > > 17/09/2018 14:54, Bruce Richardson:
> > > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 02:03:50PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > > > > 29/08/2018 18:02, Bruce Richardson:
> > > > > > > > Add in a cross-file to enable 32-bit compile tests as part
> > > > > > > > of the test-meson-builds script.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > NOTE: For ease of use, it's recommended that meson 0.47 be used 
> > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > this testing. With earlier versions, it may be necessary to 
> > > > > > > > ensure that
> > > > > > > > the same development packages are installed for both 64-bit and 
> > > > > > > > 32-bit.
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > >  config/x86/i686_sse4_linuxapp_gcc | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > > >  devtools/test-meson-builds.sh     |  4 ++++
> > > > > > > >  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'm not sure about adding this test as mandatory, because 32-bit 
> > > > > > > version
> > > > > > > of libraries can be hard to get, especially libbsd and libnuma.
> > > > > > > I hope this test will be run by all developers, so we should not 
> > > > > > > discourage
> > > > > > > them by adding too many requirements.
> > > > > > > Opinion? Idea?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Libbsd is not required, but yes, libnuma is, so you do need a 32-bit
> > > > > > libnuma (devel) installed to run this test. I would expect that to 
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > available on most distros though. I'm open to suggestions as to how 
> > > > > > to make
> > > > > > this optional, but I do think that sanity checking 32-bit is good 
> > > > > > practice
> > > > > > to avoid errors, e.g. those wonderful printf format strings for 
> > > > > > uint64_t.*
> > > > > 
> > > > > I agree and I am testing i686 with the "make build system".
> > > > > I define DPDK_DEP_NUMA=n which disables any NUMA option.
> > > > > Can we have this kind of tweak with meson?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Or perhaps we can just have an option in the script to disable this 
> > > > > test?
> > > > > 
> > > > Actually, do you see build failures with 32-bit without the numa or BSD
> > > > libraries? I removed 32-bit versions of both dev packages and everything
> > > > still compiles? The setting of the appropriate defines is based on 
> > > > detected
> > > > libraries.
> > > 
> > > This is what I see:
> > > 
> > > ninja -C build-i686
> > > ninja: Entering directory `build-i686'
> > > [6/1237] Linking target lib/librte_kvargs.so.1.1.
> > > FAILED: lib/librte_kvargs.so.1.1 
> > > gcc  -o lib/librte_kvargs.so.1.1 
> > > 'lib/lib@@rte_kvargs@sta/librte_kvargs_rte_kvargs.c.o' -Wl,--no-undefined 
> > > -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-O1 -shared -fPIC -Wl,--start-group 
> > > -Wl,-soname,librte_kvargs.so.1 -pthread -lm -ldl -lnuma -lbsd 
> > > -Wl,--end-group 
> > > -Wl,--version-script=lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs_version.map -m32 
> > > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible 
> > > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.1/../../../libnuma.so when searching 
> > > for -lnuma
> > > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libnuma.so when searching for 
> > > -lnuma
> > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnuma
> > > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible 
> > > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.1/../../../libbsd.so when searching 
> > > for -lbsd
> > > /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libbsd.so when searching for 
> > > -lbsd
> > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lbsd
> > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > [11/1237] Compiling C object 
> > > 'lib/lib@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_common_eal_common_fbarray.c.o'.
> > > ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> > > 
> > What version of meson are you using? As the comment in the file suggests,
> > 0.47 is really needed for sane behaviour, as before then meson could
> > sometimes pick up 64-bit static libs and use them for 32-bit compilation.
> > [Being static libs makes them rather hard to test if they are usable since
> > the .a file itself doesn't provide that info, unlike for a .so]. So for
> > 0.46 or earlier, you can still build, but you probably need 32-bit versions
> > of your 64-bit dev packages installed.
> 
> I am using meson 0.47.2
> Is there a bug somewhere?
> 
Possibly.
Let's leave out the patch for now and I'll try and investigate further.
What OS distro are you using, so I can try and reproduce the issue?

/Bruce

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