On 09-May-20 12:25 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
Compiling a C++ application that includes directly or indirectly
rte_common.h will cause a warning:

include/rte_common.h:350:37: warning: ISO C++17 does not allow ‘register’ 
storage class specifier [-Wregister]
  rte_combine32ms1b(register uint32_t x)

C++ pickier than standard C and flags this antique usage.

This is a bugfix please apply to 20.05.
The register keyword is an old K&R legacy and should be removed
everywhere in DPDK. For now, fix it where it hurts.
Checkpatch should also be able to flag use of register keyword.

Fixes: 08f683174e94 ("eal: add functions for previous power of 2 alignment")
Cc: pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
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I remember similar patches already being submitted, and the community has decided that 'register' keyword was worth keeping (although i don't recall the reasoning). Has something changed since then?

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Thanks,
Anatoly

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