[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] acinclude.m4: dpdk: use AC_SEARCH_LIBS and -ldl

[Daniele Di Proietto]

On some systems libintel_dpdk.a fails to link with libopenvswitch
unless -ldl is used. This should address the issue

Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto <ddiproietto at vmware.com>
---
 acinclude.m4 | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 230c033..8edafff 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -170,10 +170,31 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_DPDK], [
 
     DPDK_INCLUDE=$RTE_SDK/include
     DPDK_LIB_DIR=$RTE_SDK/lib
-    DPDK_LIBS="$DPDK_LIB_DIR/libintel_dpdk.a"
 
-    LIBS="$DPDK_LIBS $LIBS"
-    CPPFLAGS="-I$DPDK_INCLUDE $CPPFLAGS"
+    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$DPDK_LIB_DIR"
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$DPDK_INCLUDE"
+
+    # On some systems we have to add -ldl to link with dpdk
+    #
+    # This code, at first, tries to link without -ldl (""),
+    # then adds it and tries again.
+    # Before each attempt the search cache must be unset,
+    # otherwise autoconf will stick with the old result
+
+    found=false
+    save_LIBS=$LIBS
+    for extras in "" "-ldl"; do
+        LIBS="$extras $save_LIBS"
+        # Clear search cache
+        unset ac_cv_search_rte_eth_dev_configure
+        AC_SEARCH_LIBS([rte_eth_dev_configure], [intel_dpdk], [found=true])
+        if $found; then
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+    if $found; then :; else
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot link with dpdk])
+    fi
 
     AC_DEFINE([DPDK_NETDEV], [1], [System uses the DPDK module.])
   else
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2.0.0.rc0