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Re: [PATCH] x86/vhpet: Fix type size in timer_int_route_valid



Hi Jan,

On 31/07/2020 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 31.07.2020 10:38, Eslam Elnikety wrote:
On 28.07.20 19:51, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 28.07.2020 11:26, Andrew Cooper wrote:
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vpt.h
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ struct hpet_registers {
       uint64_t isr;               /* interrupt status reg */
       uint64_t mc64;              /* main counter */
       struct {                    /* timers */
-        uint64_t config;        /* configuration/cap */
+        union {
+            uint64_t config;    /* configuration/cap */
+            struct {
+                uint32_t _;
+                uint32_t route;
+            };
+        };

So long as there are no static initializers for this construct
that would then suffer the old-gcc problem, this is of course a
fine arrangement to make.

I have to admit that I have no clue what the "old-gcc" problem is. I am
curious, and I would appreciate pointers to figure out if/how to
resolve. Is that an old, existing problem? Or a problem that was present
in older versions of gcc?

Well, as already said - the problem is with old gcc not dealing
well with initializers of structs/unions with unnamed fields.

You seem to know quite well the problem. So would you mind to give us more details on which GCC version is believed to be broken?


If the latter, is that a gcc version that we still care about?

Until someone makes a (justified) proposal what the new minimum
version(s) ought to be, I'm afraid we still have to care. This
topic came up very recently in another context, and I've proposed
to put it on the agenda of the next community call.

I don't think Eslam was requesting to change the limits. He was just asking whether one of the compiler we support is affected.

Cheers,


--
Julien Grall



 


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