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[RFC] eal: add rte_counted_by attribute

Message ID 20240312210308.8788-1-stephen@networkplumber.org (mailing list archive)
State Rejected
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Series [RFC] eal: add rte_counted_by attribute |

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Commit Message

Stephen Hemminger March 12, 2024, 9:01 p.m. UTC 
  Both Gcc 14 and clang support this in latest versions.
Add to EAL first, then instrument flexible arrays.

[1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D148381
[2] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108896

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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 lib/eal/include/rte_compat.h | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_compat.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_compat.h
index 716bc0361640..6bf6b0baaccf 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_compat.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_compat.h
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@  _Pragma("GCC diagnostic pop")
 __attribute__((section(".text.internal")))
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Used to by ASAN bounds checker for flexible arrays
+ * Supported by Gcc >= 14 and clang >=18
+ */
+#if __has_attribute(__element_count__)
+# define __rte_counted_by(member)	__attribute__((__element_count__(member)))
+#else
+# define __rte_counted_by(member)
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus