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[PATCH v2 2/4] do full type check in BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLE

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Jan 1, 2023, 21:11 UTC
Message-ID
<4f161041-b299-f79a-e01b-cc00e2880850@web.de>
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Use __builtin_types_compatible_p to perform a full type check if possible. Otherwise fall back to the old size comparison, but add a non-evaluated assignment to catch more type mismatches. It doesn't flag copies between arrays with different signedness, but that's as close to a full type check as it gets without the builtin, as far as I can see.

Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 git-compat-util.h | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 940d03150c..e81bb14fc9 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -97,8 +97,14 @@ struct strbuf;
 # define BARF_UNLESS_AN_ARRAY(arr)						\
 	BUILD_ASSERT_OR_ZERO(!__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(arr), \
 							   __typeof__(&(arr)[0])))
+# define BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLE(dst, src) \
+	BUILD_ASSERT_OR_ZERO(__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(*(dst)), \
+							  __typeof__(*(src))))
 #else
 # define BARF_UNLESS_AN_ARRAY(arr) 0
+# define BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLE(dst, src) \
+	BUILD_ASSERT_OR_ZERO(0 ? ((*(dst) = *(src)), 0) : \
+				 sizeof(*(dst)) == sizeof(*(src)))
 #endif
 /*
  * ARRAY_SIZE - get the number of elements in a visible array
@@ -1093,9 +1099,6 @@ int xstrncmpz(const char *s, const char *t, size_t len);
 #define CALLOC_ARRAY(x, alloc) (x) = xcalloc((alloc), sizeof(*(x)))
 #define REALLOC_ARRAY(x, alloc) (x) = xrealloc((x), st_mult(sizeof(*(x)), (alloc)))

-#define BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLE(dst, src) \
-	BUILD_ASSERT_OR_ZERO(sizeof(*(dst)) == sizeof(*(src)))
-
 #define COPY_ARRAY(dst, src, n) copy_array((dst), (src), (n), sizeof(*(dst)) + \
 	BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLE((dst), (src)))
 static inline void copy_array(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n, size_t size)
--
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  1. 0/3 COPY_ARRAY, MOVE_ARRAY, DUP_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Dec 30, 2022
  2. 1/3 do full type check in COPY_ARRAY and MOVE_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Dec 30, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2023
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2023
  5. René ScharfeJan 1, 2023
  6. René ScharfeJan 1, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2023
  8. René ScharfeJan 1, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2023
  10. 2/3 add DUP_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Dec 30, 2022
  11. 3/3 use DUP_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Dec 30, 2022
  12. 0/4 COPY_ARRAY, MOVE_ARRAY, DUP_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Jan 1, 2023
  13. 1/4 factor out BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLERené Scharfe, Jan 1, 2023
  14. 2/4 do full type check in BARF_UNLESS_COPYABLERené Scharfe, Jan 1, 2023
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2023
  16. René ScharfeJan 8, 2023
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2023
  18. Jeff HostetlerJan 9, 2023
  19. 3/4 add DUP_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Jan 1, 2023
  20. 4/4 use DUP_ARRAYRené Scharfe, Jan 1, 2023

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