Re: [Openhpi-devel] [LTP] [PATCH] Cross-compile configure bug

[Ric W. <ric...@hp...>]

I really like Shuah's idea for a configuration parameter to allow this.

Garrett, could you try the attached patch and let us know if it works
for you? If you call configure with a --enable-non32bit-int parameter
now, a warning message will be generated and the build will be allowed
on targets where ints are not 32 bits.

Best Regards,
Ric



On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 00:16 +0000, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Shuah Khan<shu...@hp...> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 15:19 +0000, Anton Pak wrote:
> >> I tried many times OpenHPI on x86_64.
> >> It worked fine in the configurations x86 client - x86_64 daemon and x86_64
> >> client - x86 daemon.
> >> However, the functioning on non-x86 64-bit platform or on Itanium is still
> >> an open question for me.
> >>
> >>       Anton Pak
> >
> > Instead of changing the error to a warning, itcould be controlled via a
> > config option, so this error could be ignored on certain architectures
> > using this config tune.
> >
> > -- Shuah
> >>
> >> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:12:03 +0400, Shuah Khan <shu...@hp...> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 05:42 +0000, ant...@pi... wrote:
> >> >> Hello!
> >> >>
> >> >> We have the following lines in include/SaHpi.h:
> >> >>
> >> >> typedef unsigned char     SaHpiUint8T;
> >> >> typedef unsigned short    SaHpiUint16T;
> >> >> typedef unsigned int      SaHpiUint32T;
> >> >> typedef signed char       SaHpiInt8T;
> >> >> typedef signed short      SaHpiInt16T;
> >> >> typedef signed int        SaHpiInt32T;
> >> >>
> >> >> Also I suspect there can be marshalling issues, i.e. when
> >> >> daemon on platform with sizeof(int) == 4 but library is not and vice
> >> >> versa.
> >> >>
> >> >>    Anton Pak
> >> >
> >> > The proposed fix might help compile OpenHpi on a 64-bit platform,
> >> > however I agree with the concerns from others that we will see run-time
> >> > issues. Running 32-bit binary and libraries on a 64-bit platform might
> >> > be an option.
> >> >
> >> > -- Shuah
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Hi Garrett,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I was wondering about your addition of the cross_compiling test. If
> >> >> > there is OpenHPI code that may behave badly on a system where an int
> >> >> > isn't 4 bytes, I'm thinking that a warning should be issued even for a
> >> >> > cross compile to such an architecture as well. Like:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > if test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4"; then
> >> >> >     AC_MSG_WARN([
> >> >> > *** int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform
> >> >> > *** undefined behavior may result from this.
> >> >> > ])
> >> >> > fi
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Will having a warning instead of an error cause problems for LTP when
> >> >> > cross compiling?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Does anyone else in the OpenHPI community oppose changing this error
> >> >> to
> >> >> > a warning?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Best Regards,
> >> >> > Ric White
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 23:11 +0000, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>     Found this bug while trying to cross-compile with the
> >> >> >> openhpi-test-suite in LTP, and made the ERROR into WARN. Please fix
> >> >> >> this item as per the attached patch.
> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >> -Garrett
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> PS Please CC my address in all correspondence w.r.t. this email
> >> >> thread.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Summary:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> 1. int != 4 shouldn't be checked for while cross-compiling.
> >> >> >> 2. Warn instead of erroring out, because we have a _lot_ of 64-bit
> >> >> >> platforms that we test on which will be negatively impacted by this
> >> >> >> check.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Garrett Cooper <yan...@gm...>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> ---
> >> >> >>
> >> >> /nfs.mac/ltp-upgrade/contrib/ltp/src/testcases/open_hpi_testsuite//configure.ac.orig       2009-08-19
> >> >> >> 16:04:08.000000000 -0700
> >> >> >> +++
> >> >> >>
> >> >> /nfs.mac/ltp-upgrade/contrib/ltp/src/testcases/open_hpi_testsuite//configure.ac    2009-08-19
> >> >> >> 16:10:47.000000000 -0700
> >> >> >> @@ -44,14 +44,13 @@
> >> >> >>  AC_PROG_LN_S
> >> >> >>  AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> -dnl die on int != 32bits.  This is too instrumental to our code
> >> >> right
> >> >> >> now.
> >> >> >> +dnl Warn when int != 32bits.  This is too instrumental to our code
> >> >> >> right now.
> >> >> >>  dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING(int is 4 bytes)
> >> >> >>  OH_SET_SIZES
> >> >> >> -if test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4"; then
> >> >> >> -    AC_MSG_ERROR([
> >> >> >> +if test x$cross_compiling != xyes && test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4";
> >> >> >> then
> >> >> >> +    AC_MSG_WARN([
> >> >> >>  *** int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform
> >> >> >> -*** undefined behavior will result
> >> >> >> -*** please contact the openhpi development team to fix this
> >> >> >> +*** undefined behavior may result from this.
> >> >> >>  ])
> >> >> >>  fi
> 
> Shuah,
>     Whichever way you find necessary is fine as long as it doesn't
> break builds and there are sufficient warnings at both buildtime and
> at runtime that say `Hey -- this code might not work because of
> integer sizing issues!' so you guys can cover yourself from FAQ-like
> questions as much as possible :).
> Thanks,
> -Garrett
> 
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