[16/16] build: enable vla warnings on Windows built code

MSVC does not support optional C11 VLAs. When building for Windows
enable -Wvla so that mingw and clang also fail if a VLA is used.

Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 config/meson.build | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
  

> MSVC does not support optional C11 VLAs. When building for Windows
> enable -Wvla so that mingw and clang also fail if a VLA is used.

Minor detail, doesn't affect my Ack for the series...

Applications built for Windows with mingw and clang might use VLAs in the application itself.

Perhaps we should let them continue doing that for now.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  config/meson.build | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
> index 8c8b019..9e887f2 100644
> --- a/config/meson.build
> +++ b/config/meson.build
> @@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'intel'
>          warning_flags += '-diag-disable=@0@'.format(i)
>      endforeach
>  endif
> +# no VLAs in code built on Windows
> +if is_windows
> +    warning_flags += '-Wvla'
> +endif
>  foreach arg: warning_flags
>      if cc.has_argument(arg)
>          add_project_arguments(arg, language: 'c')
> --
> 1.8.3.1
  

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:48:39AM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > MSVC does not support optional C11 VLAs. When building for Windows
> > enable -Wvla so that mingw and clang also fail if a VLA is used.
> 
> Minor detail, doesn't affect my Ack for the series...
> 
> Applications built for Windows with mingw and clang might use VLAs in the application itself.
> 
> Perhaps we should let them continue doing that for now.

i guess you mean our examples or if dpdk is configured as a sub-project?

for examples i could explicitly suppress in examples with -Wno-vla but
that means any that use VLAs could not be built with MSVC.

for sub-module and sub-project of dpdk i feel like these
add_project_arguments are not imparted on the application with
encapsulating project meson setup no?

anyone know? Bruce? Stephen?

> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  config/meson.build | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
> > index 8c8b019..9e887f2 100644
> > --- a/config/meson.build
> > +++ b/config/meson.build
> > @@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'intel'
> >          warning_flags += '-diag-disable=@0@'.format(i)
> >      endforeach
> >  endif
> > +# no VLAs in code built on Windows
> > +if is_windows
> > +    warning_flags += '-Wvla'
> > +endif
> >  foreach arg: warning_flags
> >      if cc.has_argument(arg)
> >          add_project_arguments(arg, language: 'c')
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1
>
  

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:12:26AM -0700, Tyler Retzlaff wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:48:39AM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > > MSVC does not support optional C11 VLAs. When building for Windows
> > > enable -Wvla so that mingw and clang also fail if a VLA is used.
> > 
> > Minor detail, doesn't affect my Ack for the series...
> > 
> > Applications built for Windows with mingw and clang might use VLAs in
> > the application itself.
> > 
> > Perhaps we should let them continue doing that for now.
> 
> i guess you mean our examples or if dpdk is configured as a sub-project?
> 
> for examples i could explicitly suppress in examples with -Wno-vla but
> that means any that use VLAs could not be built with MSVC.
> 
> for sub-module and sub-project of dpdk i feel like these
> add_project_arguments are not imparted on the application with
> encapsulating project meson setup no?
> 
> anyone know? Bruce? Stephen?
> 
Project args are not used when building external applications - either
those using DPDK as a subproject or via pkg-config. So therefore, this
change should be safe. It will only impact built-in DPDK apps and examples.

/Bruce
  

> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson@intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2024 17.24
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:12:26AM -0700, Tyler Retzlaff wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:48:39AM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > > > MSVC does not support optional C11 VLAs. When building for Windows
> > > > enable -Wvla so that mingw and clang also fail if a VLA is used.
> > >
> > > Minor detail, doesn't affect my Ack for the series...
> > >
> > > Applications built for Windows with mingw and clang might use VLAs
> in
> > > the application itself.
> > >
> > > Perhaps we should let them continue doing that for now.
> >
> > i guess you mean our examples or if dpdk is configured as a sub-
> project?
> >
> > for examples i could explicitly suppress in examples with -Wno-vla but
> > that means any that use VLAs could not be built with MSVC.
> >
> > for sub-module and sub-project of dpdk i feel like these
> > add_project_arguments are not imparted on the application with
> > encapsulating project meson setup no?
> >
> > anyone know? Bruce? Stephen?
> >
> Project args are not used when building external applications - either
> those using DPDK as a subproject or via pkg-config. So therefore, this
> change should be safe. It will only impact built-in DPDK apps and
> examples.
> 
> /Bruce

Thank you for clarifying, Bruce.

Then my comment was irrelevant. Sorry about the noise. ;-)