[PATCH 1/5] compat/obstack: fix -Wcast-function-type warnings

From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 20, 2018, 16:24 UTC
Message-ID: <20181220162452.17732-2-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20181220162452.17732-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>

When building Git with GCC 8.2.0 (at least from Homebrew on macOS, DEVELOPER flags enabled) one is greeted with a screenful of compiler errors:

  compat/obstack.c: In function '_obstack_begin':
  compat/obstack.c:162:17: error: cast between incompatible function types from 'void * (*)(long int)' to 'struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(void *, long int)' [-Werror=cast-function-type]
     h->chunkfun = (struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(void *, long)) chunkfun;
                   ^
  compat/obstack.c:163:16: error: cast between incompatible function types from 'void (*)(void *)' to 'void (*)(void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)' [-Werror=cast-function-type]
     h->freefun = (void (*) (void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)) freefun;
                  ^
  compat/obstack.c:116:8: error: cast between incompatible function types from 'struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(void *, long int)' to 'struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(long int)' [-Werror=cast-function-type]
      : (*(struct _obstack_chunk *(*) (long)) (h)->chunkfun) ((size)))
          ^
  compat/obstack.c:168:22: note: in expansion of macro 'CALL_CHUNKFUN'
     chunk = h->chunk = CALL_CHUNKFUN (h, h -> chunk_size);
                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
  <snip>

'struct obstack' stores pointers to two functions to allocate and free "chunks", and depending on how obstack is used, these functions take either one parameter (like standard malloc() and free() do; this is how we use it) or two parameters. Presumably to reduce memory footprint, a single field is used to store the function pointer for both signatures, and then it's casted to the appropriate signature when the function pointer is accessed. These casts between function pointers with different number of parameters are what trigger those compiler errors.

Modify 'struct obstack' to use unions to store function pointers with different signatures, and then use the union member with the appropriate signature when accessing these function pointers. This eliminates the need for those casts, and thus avoids this compiler error.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
---
 compat/obstack.c | 17 +++++++++--------
 compat/obstack.h | 18 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/obstack.c b/compat/obstack.c
index 4d1d95beeb..dd9504c684 100644
--- a/compat/obstack.c
+++ b/compat/obstack.c
@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ compat_symbol (libc, _obstack_compat, _obstack, GLIBC_2_0);
 
 # define CALL_CHUNKFUN(h, size) \
   (((h) -> use_extra_arg) \
-   ? (*(h)->chunkfun) ((h)->extra_arg, (size)) \
-   : (*(struct _obstack_chunk *(*) (long)) (h)->chunkfun) ((size)))
+   ? (*(h)->chunkfun.fn_extra_arg) ((h)->extra_arg, (size)) \
+   : (*(h)->chunkfun.fn) ((size)))
 
 # define CALL_FREEFUN(h, old_chunk) \
   do { \
     if ((h) -> use_extra_arg) \
-      (*(h)->freefun) ((h)->extra_arg, (old_chunk)); \
+      (*(h)->freefun.fn_extra_arg) ((h)->extra_arg, (old_chunk)); \
     else \
-      (*(void (*) (void *)) (h)->freefun) ((old_chunk)); \
+      (*(h)->freefun.fn) ((old_chunk)); \
   } while (0)
 
 
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ _obstack_begin (struct obstack *h,
       size = 4096 - extra;
     }
 
-  h->chunkfun = (struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(void *, long)) chunkfun;
-  h->freefun = (void (*) (void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)) freefun;
+  h->chunkfun.fn = chunkfun;
+  h->freefun.fn = freefun;
   h->chunk_size = size;
   h->alignment_mask = alignment - 1;
   h->use_extra_arg = 0;
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ _obstack_begin_1 (struct obstack *h, int size, int alignment,
       size = 4096 - extra;
     }
 
-  h->chunkfun = (struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(void *,long)) chunkfun;
-  h->freefun = (void (*) (void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)) freefun;
+  h->chunkfun.fn_extra_arg = (struct _obstack_chunk * (*)(void *,long)) chunkfun;
+  h->freefun.fn_extra_arg = (void (*) (void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)) freefun;
+
   h->chunk_size = size;
   h->alignment_mask = alignment - 1;
   h->extra_arg = arg;
diff --git a/compat/obstack.h b/compat/obstack.h
index 6bc24b7644..0f9b2232a9 100644
--- a/compat/obstack.h
+++ b/compat/obstack.h
@@ -160,11 +160,15 @@ struct obstack		/* control current object in current chunk */
     void *tempptr;
   } temp;			/* Temporary for some macros.  */
   int   alignment_mask;		/* Mask of alignment for each object. */
-  /* These prototypes vary based on `use_extra_arg', and we use
-     casts to the prototypeless function type in all assignments,
-     but having prototypes here quiets -Wstrict-prototypes.  */
-  struct _obstack_chunk *(*chunkfun) (void *, long);
-  void (*freefun) (void *, struct _obstack_chunk *);
+  /* These prototypes vary based on `use_extra_arg'. */
+  union {
+    struct _obstack_chunk *(*fn_extra_arg) (void *, long);
+    void *(*fn) (long);
+  } chunkfun;
+  union {
+    void (*fn_extra_arg) (void *, struct _obstack_chunk *);
+    void (*fn) (void *);
+  } freefun;
   void *extra_arg;		/* first arg for chunk alloc/dealloc funcs */
   unsigned use_extra_arg:1;	/* chunk alloc/dealloc funcs take extra arg */
   unsigned maybe_empty_object:1;/* There is a possibility that the current
@@ -235,10 +239,10 @@ extern void (*obstack_alloc_failed_handler) (void);
 		    (void (*) (void *, void *)) (freefun), (arg))
 
 #define obstack_chunkfun(h, newchunkfun) \
-  ((h) -> chunkfun = (struct _obstack_chunk *(*)(void *, long)) (newchunkfun))
+  ((h)->chunkfun.fn_extra_arg = (struct _obstack_chunk *(*)(void *, long)) (newchunkfun))
 
 #define obstack_freefun(h, newfreefun) \
-  ((h) -> freefun = (void (*)(void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)) (newfreefun))
+  ((h)->freefun.fn_extra_arg = (void (*)(void *, struct _obstack_chunk *)) (newfreefun))
 
 #define obstack_1grow_fast(h,achar) (*((h)->next_free)++ = (achar))

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