prov/cxi: configure failure - error codes undeclared about libfabric HOT 4 CLOSED

The problem lies in the two header files, not the provider.

To work-around this problem, use the following patch applied to the prov/cxi/configure.m4

diff --git a/prov/cxi/configure.m4 b/prov/cxi/configure.m4
index ec50e18f3..a73e86e31 100644
--- a/prov/cxi/configure.m4
+++ b/prov/cxi/configure.m4
@@ -46,11 +46,18 @@ AC_DEFUN([FI_CXI_CONFIGURE],[
                [
                        AC_CHECK_HEADER(cxi_prov_hw.h,
                                [],
-                               [cxi_happy=0])
+                               [cxi_happy=0],
+                               [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+                               #include <errno.h>])

                        AC_CHECK_HEADER(uapi/misc/cxi.h,
                                [],
-                               [cxi_happy=0])
+                               [cxi_happy=0],
+                               [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+                               #include <stdbool.h>
+                               #ifndef __user
+                               #define __user
+                               #endif])

In an upcoming release of the software, SHS 2.2.0, the compilation problem reported in this ticket will be fixed.

from libfabric.

the diff provided has been implemented successfully and is available at: https://github.com/thomasgillis/libfabric/tree/dev-cxi

from libfabric.

The problem lies in the two header files, not the provider.

To work-around this problem, use the following patch applied to the prov/cxi/configure.m4

diff --git a/prov/cxi/configure.m4 b/prov/cxi/configure.m4
index ec50e18f3..a73e86e31 100644
--- a/prov/cxi/configure.m4
+++ b/prov/cxi/configure.m4
@@ -46,11 +46,18 @@ AC_DEFUN([FI_CXI_CONFIGURE],[
                [
                        AC_CHECK_HEADER(cxi_prov_hw.h,
                                [],
-                               [cxi_happy=0])
+                               [cxi_happy=0],
+                               [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+                               #include <errno.h>])

                        AC_CHECK_HEADER(uapi/misc/cxi.h,
                                [],
-                               [cxi_happy=0])
+                               [cxi_happy=0],
+                               [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+                               #include <stdbool.h>
+                               #ifndef __user
+                               #define __user
+                               #endif])

In an upcoming release of the software, SHS 2.2.0, the compilation problem reported in this ticket will be fixed.

The main code still does not have this changes. If added manually it fails to build. Any solution for this?

from libfabric.

The full patch should be available here: https://github.com/thomasgillis/libfabric/tree/dev-cxi

Let me know if it doesn't work

from libfabric.