New upstream version 18.11-rc1

[deb_dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / common / include / rte_common.h

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
index 069c13e..cba7bbc 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ typedef uint16_t unaligned_uint16_t;
 /******* Macro to mark functions and fields scheduled for removal *****/
 #define __rte_deprecated       __attribute__((__deprecated__))
 
+/**
+ * Mark a function or variable to a weak reference.
+ */
+#define __rte_weak __attribute__((__weak__))
+
 /*********** Macros to eliminate unused variable warnings ********/
 
 /**
@@ -164,6 +169,12 @@ static void __attribute__((destructor(RTE_PRIO(prio)), used)) func(void)
  */
 #define RTE_PTR_DIFF(ptr1, ptr2) ((uintptr_t)(ptr1) - (uintptr_t)(ptr2))
 
+/**
+ * Workaround to cast a const field of a structure to non-const type.
+ */
+#define RTE_CAST_FIELD(var, field, type) \
+       (*(type *)((uintptr_t)(var) + offsetof(typeof(*(var)), field)))
+
 /*********** Macros/static functions for doing alignment ********/