Are you sure this isn't fixed with:
commit b5c0d35f9445d4d99f2c5c7bd3175e68721a8ee5
Author: Neale Ranns <nra...@cisco.com>
Date: Wed Apr 22 16:06:45 2020 +0000
vapi: packed enum type generation
Type: fix
if the ,api/.json specifies that a enum should be u8/u16 that the
generated c enum needs to be packed.
Cheers,
Ole
> On 26 May 2020, at 17:17, pashinho1...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know if this is the right place to ask and if the "issue" here is
> really an expected one, or if I'm just doing something really stupid. So,
> someone please do let me know.
>
> I found some inconsistencies in some API header files installed under
> "/usr/include/", in my case specifically
> "/usr/include/vnet/ip/ip_types.api_types.h" and
> "/usr/include/vapi/ip_types.api.vapi.h". For example, "vl_api_ip_dscp_t" is
> defined in "/usr/include/vnet/ip/ip_types.api_types.h" header file as a
> packed enum, while "vapi_enum_ip_dscp" (the one used by a e.g. C++ client)
> defined in "/usr/include/vapi/ip_types.api.vapi.h" as a non-packed enum. This
> is a problem because, as in my case, the C++ client sends a big message which
> in the middle it happens to have a vapi_enum_ip_dscp field which is 4 bytes
> long, while VPP receives this message where it sees the same dscp field as
> "vapi_enum_ip_dscp" which is 1 byte long, so there you have it, I leave to
> your imagination the consequences.
>
> I may apply some workarounds, but I really wanted to know if this was
> expected (although I wouldn't know the sense of it).
>
> Thank you
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