> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 1:52 PM
> To: Aman Singh <aman.deep.si...@intel.com>; Sivaprasad Tummala
> <sivaprasad.tumm...@amd.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; sta...@dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasl...@nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix build on signed comparison
>
> Build error:
> .../app/test-pmd/config.c: In function 'icmp_echo_config_setup':
> .../app/test-pmd/config.c:5159:30:
> error: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
> [-Werror=sign-compare]
> if ((nb_txq * nb_fwd_ports) < nb_fwd_lcores)
> ^
> All 'nb_txq', 'nb_fwd_ports' & 'nb_fwd_lcores' are unsigned variables,
> but the warning is related to the integer promotion rules of C:
> 'nb_txq' -> uint16_t, promoted to 'int'
> 'nb_fwd_ports' -> uint16_t, promoted to 'int'
> (nb_txq * nb_fwd_ports) -> result 'int'
> nb_fwd_lcores -> 'uint32_t'
> Ends up comparing 'int' vs 'uint32_t'.
>
> Fixing by adding the casting back which was initially part of the patch.
>
> Fixes: 2bf44dd14fa5 ("app/testpmd: fix lcore ID restriction")
> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>
> Reported-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasl...@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com>
> ---
> Cc: sivaprasad.tumm...@amd.com
> ---
Hi Ferruh,
I tested on openSUSE Leap 15.6 (gcc 7.5.0) with debug build type and can
confirm it resolves the build failure.
Tested-by: Ali Alnubani <alia...@nvidia.com>
Thanks,
Ali
