[Click] Patches for x86_64 builds

Eddie Kohler kohler at cs.ucla.edu
Sun Jul 1 12:51:10 EDT 2007


Hi Salman

I'm really surprised the errors were the same.  Are you sure Click re-ran the 
configure steps?  Can you try from a clean checkout?  Anyway, config.log and 
cut-and-pasted errors would help us debug.

E


Salman Abdul Baset wrote:
> 
> I checked out the latest CVS sources and tried to compile it on a 64-bit 
> machine with 2.6.16.13 kernel, but got the same errors. I was able to 
> compile click on 64-bit machine with kernel 2.6.19.2. Also, note that 
> both click-1.5.0 and latest CVS source compile on a 32-bit machine with 
> 2.6.16.13 kernel.
> 
> I have the config.log files for the above cases and I can send them if 
> needed.
> 
> Due to another software constraint whose source I don't have, I am 
> restricted to use 2.6.16.13 on 64-bit machine. If it may not be possible 
> for click developers to fix it, can you suggest what might be problem so 
> that I can try to fix it myself?
> 
> Is there a significant difference between click performance on a 64-bit 
> vs. 32-bit machine?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Regards,
> Salman
> 
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Eddie Kohler wrote:
> 
>> We fix problems in anonymous CVS only.
>> Eddie
>>
>>
>> Salman Abdul Baset wrote:
>>> I have encountered similar problems when trying to compile 
>>> click-1.5.0 for x86_64 and kernel 2.6.16.13. Is there a fix that is 
>>> applicable to click-1.5.0?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Salman
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Eddie Kohler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Puneet,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for this bug report.  I've checked in some fixes 
>>>> which, I
>>>> believe, will address the underlying problems here, including that with
>>>> String(off_t); would you please cvs up, reconfigure, and tell us how 
>>>> it works?
>>>>
>>>> Eddie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Puneet Sood wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> While building Click for x86_64 from the current sources, I
>>>>> encountered a few errors (in configure and compilation). config.h
>>>>> contents at the bottom of this message.
>>>>>
>>>>> **** Problem 1: ./configure: Check for C++-compilable kernel headers
>>>>> fails in include/asm/spinlock.h
>>>>>
>>>>> --- configure.~1.98.~   2007-05-16 15:39:45.000000000 -0400
>>>>> +++ configure   2007-06-25 16:25:12.000000000 -0400
>>>>> @@ -14259,6 +14259,12 @@
>>>>>  cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
>>>>>  cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
>>>>>  /* end confdefs.h.  */
>>>>> +#if HAVE_LINUXMODULE_2_6
>>>>> +# define KBUILD_STR(s)         #s
>>>>> +# define KBUILD_BASENAME       KBUILD_STR(click)
>>>>> +# define KBUILD_MODNAME                KBUILD_STR(click)
>>>>> +#endif
>>>>> +
>>>>>  #define new xxx_new
>>>>>  #include <linux/autoconf.h>
>>>>>  #include <linux/signal.h>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> **** Problem 2: linuxmodule: Compilation of click/linuxmodule/sched.cc
>>>>> fails with the following errors
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/local/home/vlb/dev/src/click/linuxmodule/sched.cc: In function
>>>>> 'String read_sched_param(Element*, void*)':
>>>>> /usr/local/home/vlb/dev/src/click/linuxmodule/sched.cc:294: error:
>>>>> cast from 'void*' to 'int' loses precision
>>>>> /usr/local/home/vlb/dev/src/click/linuxmodule/sched.cc: In function
>>>>> 'int write_sched_param(const String&, Element*, void*,
>>>>> ErrorHandler*)':
>>>>> /usr/local/home/vlb/dev/src/click/linuxmodule/sched.cc:328: error:
>>>>> cast from 'void*' to 'int' loses precision
>>>>>
>>>>> --- sched.cc.orig       2007-06-25 20:38:40.000000000 -0400
>>>>> +++ sched.cc    2007-06-25 16:54:35.000000000 -0400
>>>>> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
>>>>>  static String
>>>>>  read_sched_param(Element *, void *thunk)
>>>>>  {
>>>>> -    switch ((int)thunk) {
>>>>> +    switch (reinterpret_cast<ptrdiff_t>(thunk)) {
>>>>>      case H_TASKS_PER_ITER: {
>>>>>         if (click_router) {
>>>>>             String s;
>>>>> @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
>>>>>  write_sched_param(const String &conf, Element *e, void *thunk,
>>>>> ErrorHandler *errh)
>>>>>  {
>>>>>
>>>>> -    switch((int)thunk) {
>>>>> +    switch(reinterpret_cast<ptrdiff_t>(thunk)) {
>>>>>
>>>>>      case H_TASKS_PER_ITER: {
>>>>>         unsigned x;
>>>>>
>>>>> **** Problem 3: Compilation of click/elements/userlevel/fromdump.cc
>>>>> fails with the following errors
>>>>>
>>>>>   CXX ../elements/userlevel/fromdump.cc
>>>>> ../elements/userlevel/fromdump.cc: In static member function 'static
>>>>> String FromDump::read_handler(Element*, void*)':
>>>>> ../elements/userlevel/fromdump.cc:522: error: call of overloaded
>>>>> 'String(off_t&)' is ambiguous
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:40: note: candidates are: 
>>>>> String::String(double)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:34: note:
>>>>> String::String(long unsigned int)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:33: note:                 
>>>>> String::String(long int)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:32: note:
>>>>> String::String(unsigned int)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:31: note:                 
>>>>> String::String(int)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:269: note:
>>>>> String::String(unsigned char)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:260: note: String::String(char)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:250: note: String::String(bool)
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:208: note:
>>>>> String::String(const char*) <near match>
>>>>> ../include/click/string.hh:278: note:
>>>>> String::String(const String&) <near match>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not sure what the best fix is in this case. I worked around by
>>>>> typecasting the off_t value to a long int (which is 64-bit here). It
>>>>> may be better to overload the String::String for long long and
>>>>> unsigned long long unconditionally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Puneet
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /* include/click/config.h.  Generated from config.h.in by 
>>>>> configure.  */
>>>>> /* Process this file with configure to produce config.h. -*- mode: 
>>>>> c -*- */
>>>>> #ifndef CLICK_CONFIG_H
>>>>> #define CLICK_CONFIG_H
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define to byte order of target machine. */
>>>>> #define CLICK_BYTE_ORDER 1234
>>>>> #define CLICK_BIG_ENDIAN    4321
>>>>> #define CLICK_LITTLE_ENDIAN    1234
>>>>> #define CLICK_NO_ENDIAN        0
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define for Click memory allocation debugging. */
>>>>> /* #undef CLICK_DMALLOC */
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Version number of package */
>>>>> #define CLICK_VERSION "1.6.0pre"
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if PollDevice should run fast to get good benchmark 
>>>>> numbers */
>>>>> #define CLICK_WARP9 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you have the __builtin_clz function. */
>>>>> #define HAVE___BUILTIN_CLZ 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you have the __builtin_clzl function. */
>>>>> #define HAVE___BUILTIN_CLZL 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you have the __builtin_clzll function. */
>>>>> #define HAVE___BUILTIN_CLZLL 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you have the __builtin_ffs function. */
>>>>> #define HAVE___BUILTIN_FFS 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you have the __builtin_ffsl function. */
>>>>> #define HAVE___BUILTIN_FFSL 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you have the __builtin_ffsll function. */
>>>>> #define HAVE___BUILTIN_FFSLL 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if the va_list type is addressable. */
>>>>> /* #undef HAVE_ADDRESSABLE_VA_LIST */
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if the machine is indifferent to alignment. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_INDIFFERENT_ALIGNMENT 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you want to use Intel-specific instructions. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_INTEL_CPU 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if 64-bit integer types are enabled. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_INT64_TYPES 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if IPv6 support is enabled. */
>>>>> /* #undef HAVE_IP6 */
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if IPsec support is enabled. */
>>>>> /* #undef HAVE_IPSEC */
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define to 1 if the system has the type `long long'. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_LONG_LONG 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if nanosecond-granularity timestamps are enabled. */
>>>>> /* #undef HAVE_NANOTIMESTAMP_ENABLED */
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you want to use the stride scheduler. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_STRIDE_SCHED 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define to 1 since we have Strings. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_STRING 1
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define to 1 if the system has the type `struct timespec'. */
>>>>> #define HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC 1
>>>>>
>>>>> #ifdef HAVE_STRIDE_SCHED
>>>>> /* Define if you want task scheduling to use a heap, not a linked 
>>>>> list. */
>>>>> /* #undef HAVE_TASK_HEAP */
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* The size of a `int', as computed by sizeof. */
>>>>> #define SIZEOF_INT 4
>>>>>
>>>>> /* The size of a `long', as computed by sizeof. */
>>>>> #define SIZEOF_LONG 8
>>>>>
>>>>> /* The size of a `long long', as computed by sizeof. */
>>>>> #define SIZEOF_LONG_LONG 8
>>>>>
>>>>> /* The size of a `struct timespec', as computed by sizeof. */
>>>>> #define SIZEOF_STRUCT_TIMESPEC 16
>>>>>
>>>>> /* The size of a `struct timeval', as computed by sizeof. */
>>>>> #define SIZEOF_STRUCT_TIMEVAL 16
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define if you want to run multithreaded Click. */
>>>>> /* #undef __MTCLICK__ */
>>>>> #define NUM_CLICK_CPUS 1
>>>>>
>>>>> #ifndef __cplusplus
>>>>> /* Define inline, if necessary. C only. */
>>>>> /* #undef inline */
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> #ifdef __cplusplus
>>>>> /* Explicit template instances? */
>>>>> #if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 90
>>>>> #define EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_INSTANCES 1
>>>>> #endif
>>>>> #endif /* __cplusplus */
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define macros for declaring packed structures. */
>>>>> #ifdef __GNUC__
>>>>> #define CLICK_PACKED_STRUCTURE(open, close) open close 
>>>>> __attribute__((packed))
>>>>> #define CLICK_SIZE_PACKED_STRUCTURE(open, close) open close
>>>>> __attribute__((packed))
>>>>> #else
>>>>> #define CLICK_PACKED_STRUCTURE(open, close) 
>>>>> _Cannot_pack_structure__Use_GCC
>>>>> #define CLICK_SIZE_PACKED_STRUCTURE(open, close) open close
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define macro for deprecated functions. */
>>>>> #if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 0)
>>>>> #define CLICK_DEPRECATED
>>>>> #else
>>>>> #define CLICK_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define ARCH_IS_BIG_ENDIAN based on CLICK_BYTE_ORDER. */
>>>>> #if CLICK_BYTE_ORDER == CLICK_BIG_ENDIAN
>>>>> #define ARCH_IS_BIG_ENDIAN    1
>>>>> #elif CLICK_BYTE_ORDER == CLICK_LITTLE_ENDIAN
>>>>> #define ARCH_IS_BIG_ENDIAN    0
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* EXPORT_ELEMENT, ELEMENT_REQUIRES, ELEMENT_PROVIDES, ELEMENT_HEADER,
>>>>>    ELEMENT_LIBS, and ELEMENT_MT_SAFE are noops. */
>>>>> #define EXPORT_ELEMENT(x)
>>>>> #define ELEMENT_REQUIRES(x)
>>>>> #define ELEMENT_PROVIDES(x)
>>>>> #define ELEMENT_HEADER(x)
>>>>> #define ELEMENT_LIBS(x)
>>>>> #define ELEMENT_MT_SAFE(x)
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Assume CLICK_USERLEVEL unless otherwise defined. */
>>>>> #if !defined(CLICK_USERLEVEL) && !defined(CLICK_TOOL) &&
>>>>> !defined(CLICK_LINUXMODULE) && !defined(CLICK_BSDMODULE)
>>>>> # define CLICK_USERLEVEL 1
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define stuff under a Linux module. */
>>>>> #ifdef CLICK_LINUXMODULE
>>>>> # include <click/config-linuxmodule.h>
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define stuff under a FreeBSD module. */
>>>>> #ifdef CLICK_BSDMODULE
>>>>> # include <click/config-bsdmodule.h>
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define stuff under nsclick. */
>>>>> #ifdef CLICK_NS
>>>>> # include <click/config-ns.h>
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> /* Define stuff under tools or a user-level driver. */
>>>>> #if defined(CLICK_USERLEVEL) || defined(CLICK_TOOL)
>>>>> # include <click/config-userlevel.h>
>>>>> #endif
>>>>>
>>>>> #endif /* CLICK_CONFIG_H */
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