[PATCH 07/16] rcu: remove use of VLAs for Windows built code

[Tyler Retzlaff]

MSVC does not support VLAs, replace VLAs with standard C arrays
or alloca(). alloca() is available for all toolchain/platform
combinations officially supported by DPDK.

Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c b/lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c
index f08d974..971c056 100644
--- a/lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c
+++ b/lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int rte_rcu_qsbr_dq_enqueue(struct rte_rcu_qsbr_dq *dq, 
void *e)
                return 1;
        }
 
-       char data[dq->esize];
+       char *data = alloca(dq->esize);
        dq_elem = (__rte_rcu_qsbr_dq_elem_t *)data;
        /* Start the grace period */
        dq_elem->token = rte_rcu_qsbr_start(dq->v);
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ int rte_rcu_qsbr_dq_enqueue(struct rte_rcu_qsbr_dq *dq, 
void *e)
 
        cnt = 0;
 
-       char data[dq->esize];
+       char *data = alloca(dq->esize);
        /* Check reader threads quiescent state and reclaim resources */
        while (cnt < n &&
-               rte_ring_dequeue_bulk_elem_start(dq->r, &data,
+               rte_ring_dequeue_bulk_elem_start(dq->r, data,
                                        dq->esize, 1, available) != 0) {
                dq_elem = (__rte_rcu_qsbr_dq_elem_t *)data;
 
-- 
1.8.3.1