Bug 6986

Summary:	gdb/gdbtk/generic/gdbtk-stack.c - fail due to strict aliasing
Product:	binutils	Reporter:	Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	unassigned
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	bug-binutils
Priority:	P2
Version:	2.20
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
Build:		Last reconfirmed:
Attachments:	binutils-cvs-gdbtk-stack-strict-aliasing.patch

Description Alon Bar-Lev 2008-10-25 22:40:08 UTC

Hello,

arguments = *(int*) &clientData;

Gets strict aliasing warning that escalate to error and fails build.

Attached a simple temp fix against head.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Alon Bar-Lev 2008-10-25 22:40:28 UTC

Created attachment 3025 [details]
binutils-cvs-gdbtk-stack-strict-aliasing.patch

Comment 2 Andreas Schwab 2008-10-25 22:53:19 UTC

Neither gdb nor gdbtk are part of binutils.  And the patch is as broken as the 
original code, it still fails on big-endian 64-bit architectures.  Please 
report that to the insight mailinglist.

Comment 3 Alon Bar-Lev 2008-10-25 23:19:48 UTC

Sorry...
So what is it doing in the tree?
Sent a message [1].
Thank you.

[1] http://sources.redhat.com/ml/insight/2008-q4/msg00006.html

Comment 4 Alon Bar-Lev 2008-10-27 21:09:03 UTC

Solved.