On 4/10/2024 4:27 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:33:53 +0800 > fengchengwen <fengcheng...@huawei.com> wrote: > >> Last： We think there are two ways to solve this problem. >> 1. Add the compilation option '-fno-strict-aliasing' for hold DPDK project. >> 2. Use union to avoid such aliasing in rte_eth_linkstatus_set (please see >> above). >> PS: We prefer first way. >> > > Please send a patch to replace alias with union. >
+1 I am not sure about ABI implications, as size is not changing I expect it won't be an issue but may be good to verify with libabigail. > PS: you can also override aliasing for a few lines of code with either > pragma's > or lots of casting. Both are messy and hard to maintain.
