Bug 45301 – Fix increases required alignment of target type warnings on ARM

• Component: New Bugs
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Csaba Osztrogonác]

../../../WebCore/bindings/js/SerializedScriptValue.cpp:871: warning: cast from 'const uint8_t*' to 'const UChar*' increases required alignment of target type
../../../WebCore/bindings/js/SerializedScriptValue.cpp:783: warning: cast from 'const uint8_t*' to 'const uint32_t*' increases required alignment of target type
../../../WebCore/bindings/js/SerializedScriptValue.cpp:783: warning: cast from 'const uint8_t*' to 'const short unsigned int*' increases required alignment of target type
../../../WebCore/bindings/js/SerializedScriptValue.cpp:783: warning: cast from 'const uint8_t*' to 'const long long unsigned int*' increases required alignment of target type
../../../WebCore/plugins/PluginDatabase.cpp:510: warning: cast from 'char*' to 'time_t*' increases required alignment of target type


SerializedScriptValue.cpp:
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static bool readString(const uint8_t*& ptr, const uint8_t* end, UString& str, unsigned length)
{
...
        str = UString(reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(ptr), length); // <-- line 871
...
}


template <typename T> static bool readLittleEndian(const uint8_t*& ptr, const uint8_t* end, T& value)
{
...
            value = *reinterpret_cast<const T*>(ptr); // <-- line 783
...
}

PluginDatabase.cpp:
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static bool readTime(time_t& resultTime, char*& start, const char* end)
{
...
    resultTime = *reinterpret_cast<time_t*>(start); // <-- line 510
...
}

[Gabor Loki]

Created attachment 66860 [details]
Fix increases required alignment of target type warning on ARM

[Andreas Kling]

Comment on attachment 66860 [details]
Fix increases required alignment of target type warning on ARM

LGTM

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Comment on attachment 66860 [details]
Fix increases required alignment of target type warning on ARM

Clearing flags on attachment: 66860

Committed r67028: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/67028>

[WebKit Commit Bot]

All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.

[Yong Li]

Removing the warning doesn't fix the real problem: data in the buffer is not guaranteed to be aligned, so it can cause misaligned memory access on ARM (<v6). Bug 47594 is created for this