> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 7:14 PM > To: Ali Alnubani <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; Abhishek Marathe <[email protected]>; > Hemant Agrawal <[email protected]>; Ian Stokes > <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>; John McNamara > <[email protected]>; Ju-Hyoung Lee <[email protected]>; Luca > Boccassi <[email protected]>; Pei Zhang <[email protected]>; Raslan > Darawsheh <[email protected]>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL) > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: 21.11.8 patches review and test > > On 11/09/2024 14:10, Ali Alnubani wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:20 PM > >> To: Ali Alnubani <[email protected]>; [email protected] > >> Cc: [email protected]; Abhishek Marathe <[email protected]>; > >> Hemant Agrawal <[email protected]>; Ian Stokes > >> <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>; John McNamara > >> <[email protected]>; Ju-Hyoung Lee <[email protected]>; Luca > >> Boccassi <[email protected]>; Pei Zhang <[email protected]>; Raslan > >> Darawsheh <[email protected]>; NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon > >> (EXTERNAL) <[email protected]>; [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: 21.11.8 patches review and test > >> > >> On 10/09/2024 20:12, Ali Alnubani wrote: > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Friday, September 6, 2024 12:53 PM > >>>> To: Ali Alnubani <[email protected]>; [email protected] > >>>> Cc: [email protected]; Abhishek Marathe > >> <[email protected]>; > >>>> David Christensen <[email protected]>; Hemant Agrawal > >>>> <[email protected]>; Ian Stokes <[email protected]>; Jerin > >> Jacob > >>>> <[email protected]>; John McNamara <[email protected]>; Ju- > >>>> Hyoung Lee <[email protected]>; Luca Boccassi <[email protected]>; > >> Pei > >>>> Zhang <[email protected]>; Raslan Darawsheh <[email protected]>; > >> NBU- > >>>> Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL) <[email protected]>; > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: 21.11.8 patches review and test > >>>> > >>>> On 05/09/2024 15:02, Kevin Traynor wrote: > >>>>> On 05/09/2024 14:29, Ali Alnubani wrote: > >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>> From: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> > >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2024 3:38 PM > >>>>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>>>> Cc: [email protected]; Abhishek Marathe > >> <[email protected]>; > >>>> Ali > >>>>>>> Alnubani <[email protected]>; David Christensen > >>>> <[email protected]>; > >>>>>>> Hemant Agrawal <[email protected]>; Ian Stokes > >>>>>>> <[email protected]>; Jerin Jacob <[email protected]>; John > >> McNamara > >>>>>>> <[email protected]>; Ju-Hyoung Lee <[email protected]>; > >>>> Kevin > >>>>>>> Traynor <[email protected]>; Luca Boccassi <[email protected]>; > >> Pei > >>>> Zhang > >>>>>>> <[email protected]>; Raslan Darawsheh <[email protected]>; > >> NBU- > >>>>>>> Contact-Thomas Monjalon (EXTERNAL) <[email protected]>; > >>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>> Subject: 21.11.8 patches review and test > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Here is a list of patches targeted for stable release 21.11.8. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The planned date for the final release is 18th September. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Please help with testing and validation of your use cases and report > >>>>>>> any issues/results with reply-all to this mail. For the final release > >>>>>>> the fixes and reported validations will be added to the release notes. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> A release candidate tarball can be found at: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/tag/?id=v21.11.8-rc1 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> These patches are located at branch 21.11 of dpdk-stable repo: > >>>>>>> https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Kevin > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> --- > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi Kevin, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I see this build failure in Debian 12 and Fedora 40: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> $ meson --werror --buildtype=debugoptimized build && ninja -C build > >>>>>> [..] > >>>>>> drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_meter.c:916:25: error: 's' may be > >> used > >>>> uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Will update with the rest of our functional testing later during the > >>>>>> next > >> couple > >>>> of weeks. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Ali > >>>>> > >>>>> ok, thanks. I will check it out. > >>>> Hi Ali, > >>>> > >>>> It looks like a false positive, as the stats [0] are initialised in > >>>> mtr_stats_convert() before they are used. The code is unchanged since > >>>> the last release so probably it's compiler/distro change for this > >>>> release. > >>>> > >>>> I've built with this meson command using latest gcc and clang on a F40 > >>>> and not seeing this issue [1]. > >>>> > >>>> Are you using same compiler versions ? Any other details needed to > >>>> reproduce ? > >>>> > >>>> thanks, > >>>> Kevin. > >>>> > >>>> [0] > >>>> https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk- > >>>> stable/tree/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_meter.c?h=21.11#n906 > >>>> > >>>> [1] > >>>> $ clang --version > >>>> clang version 18.1.6 (Fedora 18.1.6-3.fc40) > >>>> $ gcc --version > >>>> gcc (GCC) 14.2.1 20240801 (Red Hat 14.2.1-1) > >>>> > >>>> commit 680818068d31764357075cde440232ce5ab8b786 (HEAD -> > >> 21.11, tag: > >>>> v21.11.8-rc1, origin/21.11) > >>>> Author: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]> > >>>> Date: Thu Sep 5 10:34:16 2024 +0100 > >>>> > >>>> version: 21.11.8-rc1 > >>>> > >>>> e.g. > >>>> $ meson --werror --buildtype=debugoptimized build-gcc > >>>> ... > >>>> $ ninja -C build-gcc > >>>> ninja: Entering directory `build-gcc' > >>>> [3071/3071] Linking target app/test/dpdk-test > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Kevin. > >>> > >>> Hi Kevin, apologies for the late response, > >>> > >>> The build failure doesn't reproduce for me on some environments either. > >>> I tried to compare the log of 2 builds (one that reproduced, and one that > >> didn't), and the only difference I saw was related to AVX512 support. > >>> > >>> Build passed on an AMD EPYC 7713 system (3rd Gen EPYC, no AVX512 > >> support): > >>> [..] > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512BW__" : (undefined) > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512CD__" : (undefined) > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512DQ__" : (undefined) > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512F__" : (undefined) > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512VL__" : (undefined) > >>> [..] > >>> > >>> Build failed on an AMD EPYC 9654P system (4th Gen EPYC, has AVX512 > >> support): > >>> [..] > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512BW__" : 1 > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512CD__" : 1 > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512DQ__" : 1 > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512F__" : 1 > >>> Fetching value of define "__AVX512VL__" : 1 > >>> [..] > >>> > >>> The build failure doesn't reproduce for me on 22.11 and newer versions. > >>> > >> > >> Yes, that function is not present in later versions. I don't have easy > >> access to an AVX512 enabled system but it should be a simple fix. > >> > >> Would you be able to try with the below ? > >> > >> --- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_meter.c > >> +++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_meter.c > >> @@ -904,5 +904,5 @@ pmd_mtr_stats_read(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, > >> /* Stats format conversion. */ > >> if (stats || stats_mask) { > >> - struct rte_mtr_stats s; > >> + struct rte_mtr_stats s = {0}; > >> uint64_t s_mask = 0; > >> > > > > Build passes with this change, thanks! > > > > Hi Ali, > > Unfortunately gcc on RHEL/CentOS 7, doesn't like this with -Wextra, > according to godbolt. I'm just going to fix with an explicit memset [0], > so we don't go in circles with compiler versions/options. > > Regarding other validation, is there any update on status or ETA ? >
Hi Kevin, Apologies for the delay, it was due to PTO and recent holidays. No new issues so far. I was planning on sending my report early tomorrow. Regards, Ali

