On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:38:21 -0800
Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Explicitly cast void * to type * so that eal headers may be compiled
> as C or C++.
>
> Fixes: e8428a9d89f1 ("eal/windows: add some basic functions and macros")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
> lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
> index ea3fe60e5..7ef38ff06 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ asprintf(char **buffer, const char *format, ...)
> return -1;
> size++;
>
> - *buffer = malloc(size);
> + *buffer = (char *)malloc(size);
> if (*buffer == NULL)
> return -1;
>
Why is the compiler enforcing C++ rules on code that is inside "extern C {"?
Bigger question is why is this code inlined? It is not critical path
and should be a function.
