>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 1:38 PM Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > gcc 12.2.1 on Fedora 37 is giving stringop-overread and
> > stringop-overflow warnings when compiled with --buildtype=debug
> > e.g. [1].
> >
> > These are not yet fixed on main branch. They look similar
> > to the overflow issues previously squashed in rte_memcpy with
> > commit b5b3ea803e47 ("eal/x86: ignore gcc 10 stringop-overflow warnings")
> >
> > In order to ensure DPDK 21.11.3 compiles on Fedora 37, squash these
> > warnings. If a subsequent cleaner fix becomes available on from main
> > branch it can be backported to later DPDK 21.11 LTS release.
> >
> > [1]
> > lib/ring/rte_ring_elem_pvt.h:100:25: error:
> > ‘memcpy’ reading 32 bytes from a region of size 4
> > [-Werror=stringop-overread]
> > 100 | memcpy((void *)(ring + idx),
> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 101 | (const void *)(obj + i), 32);
> > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > lib/ring/rte_ring_elem_pvt.h:234:25: error:
> > ‘memcpy’ writing 32 bytes into a region of size 4 overflows the destination
> > [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
> > 234 | memcpy((void *)(obj + i), (void *)(ring + idx), 32);
> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com>
>
> As mentionned in this thread:
> https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/ZBLqF6c3ujMic45N@bricha3-
> MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com/T/#me1c8f06a9ca2cf2a4ed4a028d373a3e3ce5146d1
> I intend to pull this change in the main repository and mark this
> change for backports in other stable branches.
>
> I'll do this for -rc3, expected tomorrow, unless someone objects.
No objections.
Thanks
Konstantin
