I've been working on the Cell processor and I'm trying to create a struct that will hold an spe_context_ptr_t, which will be used within the thread to launch an spe context and will also hold a pointer to something else that will be passed to the spu context from within the thread (currently I'm trying to just make it a generic pointer, but in actuality it will be a pointer to another structure I've defined). When I try and compile, I get the following error:
spu/../common.h:38: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'spe_context_ptr_t'
// here is the offending line(s)
typedef struct _PTHREAD_BLOCK {
spe_context_ptr_t * context; // Error happens here
uintptr32_t args;
} PTHREAD_BLOCK;
The compiler doesn't know that spe_context_ptr_t is a type. Check that the appropriate typedef is in scope when this code is compiled. You may have forgotten to include the appropriate header file.
I had the same error message but the solution is different.
The compiler parses the file from top to bottom.
Make sure a struct is defined BEFORE using it into another:
typedef struct
{
char name[50];
wheel_t wheels[4]; //wrong, wheel_t is not defined yet
} car_t;
typedef struct
{
int weight;
} wheel_t;