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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] perf tools: Fix strict alias issue for find_first_bit
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 06:25:51PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
>
> When compiling perf tool code with gcc 4.4.7 I'm getting
> following error:
>
> CC util/session.o
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> util/session.c: In function ‘perf_session_deliver_event’:
> tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h:109: error: dereferencing pointer ‘p’ does break strict-aliasing rules
> tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h:101: error: dereferencing pointer ‘p’ does break strict-aliasing rules
> util/session.c:697: note: initialized from here
> tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h:101: note: initialized from here
> make[1]: *** [util/session.o] Error 1
> make: *** [util/session.o] Error 2
>
> The aliased types here are u64 and unsigned long pointers, which is safe
> for the find_first_bit processing.
>
> This error shows up for me only for gcc 4.4 on 32bit x86, even for
> -Wstrict-aliasing=3, while newer gcc are quiet and scream here for
> -Wstrict-aliasing={2,1}. Looks like newer gcc changed the rules for
> strict alias warnings.
>
> The gcc documentation offers workaround for valid aliasing by using
> __may_alias__ attribute:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.4.0/gcc/Type-Attributes.html
>
> Using this workaround for the find_first_bit function.

Hurm; didn't I suggest using -fno-strict-aliasing just like the kernel
does? Because the C aliasing rules are bonghits heavy?
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