On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 1:45 PM Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> From: Jerin Jacob
> > From: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
> >
> > Introduce EAL typedef for structure 1B, 2B, 4B, 8B alignment marking and a
> > generic marker for a point in a structure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jer...@marvell.com>
> > ---
> >
> > v2:
> > - Changed __extension__  to  RTE_STD_C11 (Thomas)
> > - Change "a point" to "any place" of RTE_MARKER comment(Thomas)
> >
> >  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
> > b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
> > index 459d082d1..00c8b8434 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
> > @@ -335,6 +335,18 @@ typedef uint64_t phys_addr_t;  typedef uint64_t
> > rte_iova_t;  #define RTE_BAD_IOVA ((rte_iova_t)-1)
> >
> > +/*********** Structure alignment markers ********/
> > +
> > +/** Generic marker for any place in a structure. */
> > +RTE_STD_C11 typedef void    *RTE_MARKER[0];
> > +/** Marker for 1B alignment in a structure. */
> > +RTE_STD_C11 typedef uint8_t  RTE_MARKER8[0];
> > +/** Marker for 2B alignment in a structure. */
> > +RTE_STD_C11 typedef uint16_t RTE_MARKER16[0];
> > +/** Marker for 4B alignment in a structure. */
> > +RTE_STD_C11 typedef uint16_t RTE_MARKER32[0];
> > +/** Marker for 8B alignment in a structure. */
> > +RTE_STD_C11 typedef uint64_t RTE_MARKER64[0];
>
> I saw there are similar definitions in mbuf library.
> What do you think about moving all libraries to use the same define from EAL?

It is already done in 2/3 and 3/3 patches in the series.

>
> >  /**
> >   * Combines 32b inputs most significant set bits into the least
> > --
> > 2.24.1
>

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