On Thu, 2 May 2024 15:21:16 +0100
Daniel Gregory <daniel.greg...@bytedance.com> wrote:
> The ARM implementation of rte_pause uses RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON to check
> memorder, which is not constant. This causes compile errors when it is
> enabled with RTE_ARM_USE_WFE. eg.
>
> ../lib/eal/arm/include/rte_pause_64.h: In function ‘rte_wait_until_equal_16’:
> ../lib/eal/include/rte_common.h:530:56: error: expression in static assertion
> is not constant
> 530 | #define RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) do { static_assert(!(condition),
> #condition); } while (0)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../lib/eal/arm/include/rte_pause_64.h:156:9: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON’
> 156 | RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(memorder != rte_memory_order_acquire &&
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> This has been the case since the switch to C11 assert (537caad2). Fix
> the compile errors by replacing the check with an RTE_ASSERT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Gregory <daniel.greg...@bytedance.com>
The only calls to rte_wait_until_equal_16 in upstream code
are in the test_bbdev_perf.c and test_timer.c. Looks like
these test never got fixed to use rte_memory_order instead of __ATOMIC_ defines.
And there should be a CI test for ARM that enables the WFE code at least
to ensure it works!
