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Re: [PATCH] Fix strict-aliasing warning in resolv/res_hconf.c
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>, sellcey at imgtec dot com
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>, Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 14:13:07 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix strict-aliasing warning in resolv/res_hconf.c
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On 05/27/2015 11:19 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> Without adding a new union member, isn't the simplest to just take a
> copy step? The interface already clearly assumes that a sockaddr_in
> fits in a sockaddr. Something like:
>
> union
> {
> struct sockaddr sa;
> struct sockaddr_in sin;
> } ss;
>
> - ifaddrs[new_num_ifs].u.ipv4.addr =
> - ((struct sockaddr_in *) &cur_ifr->ifr_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
> + ss.sa = cur_ifr->ifr_addr;
> + ifaddrs[new_num_ifs].u.ipv4.addr = ss.sin.sin_addr.s_addr;
>
> etc.
I misread this proposal. I now think this is a possible fix, and a very
conservative one at that.
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security