On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM Andre Muezerie <andre...@linux.microsoft.com> wrote: > > There are two lines that were using VLAs, which are not supported by > MSVC. > > 1) > ../lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c:326:12: warning: variable length array used [-Wvla] > 326 | char data[dq->esize]; > | ^~~~~~~~~ > 2) > ../lib/rcu/rte_rcu_qsbr.c:389:12: warning: variable length array used [-Wvla] > 389 | char data[dq->esize]; > | ^~~~~~~~~ > > The short-term fix is to use alloca, to allow progress with the msvc > compatibility work. > The long-term plan involves API changes and therefore can only be applied > with a new release. This long-term plan consists of introducing some > reasonable limitation on RCU DQ element size. > > Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andre...@linux.microsoft.com>
Honnappa, any objection? -- David Marchand
