[build] Avoid strict-aliasing warnings when building with gcc 4.4

Conventional usage of the various struct sockaddr_xxx types involves
liberal use of casting, which tends to trigger strict-aliasing
warnings from gcc.  Avoid these now and in future by marking all the
relevant types with __attribute__((may_alias)).
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Michael Brown
2009-01-05 19:19:23 -08:00
parent 21cfab4fb8
commit 85e5e25c52
6 changed files with 6 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct sockaddr_in {
char pad[ sizeof ( struct sockaddr ) - sizeof ( sa_family_t )
- sizeof ( uint16_t )
- sizeof ( struct in_addr ) ];
};
} __attribute__ (( may_alias ));
/**
* IPv6 socket address
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct sockaddr_in6 {
uint32_t sin6_flowinfo; /* Flow number */
struct in6_addr sin6_addr; /* 128-bit destination address */
uint32_t sin6_scope_id; /* Scope ID */
};
} __attribute__ (( may_alias ));
extern int inet_aton ( const char *cp, struct in_addr *inp );
extern char * inet_ntoa ( struct in_addr in );