On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 09:15:43AM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 10:54:24AM -0800, Andre Muezerie wrote:
> > Macro __SIZEOF_LONG__ is not standardized and MSVC does not define it.
> > Therefore the errors below are seen with MSVC:
> > 
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar.c(465): error C2065:
> >     '__SIZEOF_LONG__': undeclared identifier
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar.c(478): error C2051:
> >     case expression not constant
> > 
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar_bfloat16.c(33): error C2065:
> >     '__SIZEOF_LONG__': undeclared identifier
> > ../lib/mldev/mldev_utils_scalar_bfloat16.c(49): error C2051:
> >     case expression not constant
> > 
> > Turns out that the places where __SIZEOF_LONG__ is currently
> > being used can equally well use sizeof(long) instead.
> > 
> > v4:
> >  * rebased on latest main as previous patch was not applying cleanly
> >    anymore.
> > 
> > v3:
> >  * added prefix RTE_ to BITS_PER_LONG* and moved them to rte_common.h
> >  * defined PLT_BITS_PER_LONG* in drivers/common/cnxk/roc_platform.h to
> >    avoid warnings from checkpatches.sh like:
> > 
> >    Warning in drivers/common/cnxk/roc_bits.h:
> >    Warning in drivers/common/cnxk/roc_ie_ot.h:
> >    Warning in drivers/common/cnxk/roc_ie_ot_tls.h:
> >    Use plt_ symbols instead of rte_ API in cnxk base driver
> > 
> >    It can be seen that the same was done in the past for similar
> >    macros like PLT_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
> > 
> > v2:
> >  * fixed typo in commit message
> > 
> > Andre Muezerie (7):
> >   eal: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> >   drivers/bus: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> >   drivers/common: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> >   drivers/dma: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> >   drivers/net: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> >   drivers/raw: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> >   mldev: eliminate dependency on non-portable __SIZEOF_LONG__
> > 
> Just out of interest, is there are reason why the simple solution of just
> putting "#define __SIZEOF_LONG__ (sizeof(long))" in a header file for MSVC
> is not done? Should be a couple of lines in a single patch, rather than a
> 7-patch series, no?
> 
> After all, just because something is non-standard, doesn't mean that we
> can't use it if its widely available.
> 
> /Bruce

Yes, that can be done instead. I'll send out a new series with that approach.

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