On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:56:00 +0100
Pawel Wodkowski <pawelx.wodkowski at intel.com> wrote:
> Fix strict aliasing rule error seen in gcc 4.4
>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Wodkowski <pawelx.wodkowski at intel.com>
> ---
> app/test/virtual_pmd.c | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/app/test/virtual_pmd.c b/app/test/virtual_pmd.c
> index 9b07ab1..f163562 100644
> --- a/app/test/virtual_pmd.c
> +++ b/app/test/virtual_pmd.c
> @@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ virtual_ethdev_start_fail(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev
> __rte_unused)
> }
> static void virtual_ethdev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev __rte_unused)
> {
> - struct rte_mbuf *pkt = NULL;
> + void *pkt = NULL;
> struct virtual_ethdev_private *prv = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
>
> eth_dev->data->dev_link.link_status = 0;
> eth_dev->data->dev_started = 0;
> - while (rte_ring_dequeue(prv->rx_queue, (void **)&pkt) != -ENOENT)
> + while (rte_ring_dequeue(prv->rx_queue, &pkt) != -ENOENT)
> rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
>
> - while (rte_ring_dequeue(prv->tx_queue, (void **)&pkt) != -ENOENT)
> + while (rte_ring_dequeue(prv->tx_queue, &pkt) != -ENOENT)
> rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
> }
Losing type information doesn't make this better!
