Without these changes and with gcc-4.4, I'd get 4 warnings (2 in each file) about strict-aliasing violations. -Wstrict-aliasing is worth keeping in general, so I have disabled it only for the two offending files. The #if avoids the pragma on versions of gcc that don't recognize it. >From 7d7f8e5dd9754d2bbca1a0ec2f3a47d4eae9df30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:45:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] turn off strict-aliasing warnings in two files * qemud/qemud.c: Disable gcc's strict-aliasing warnings in this file. * src/bridge.c: Likewise. --- qemud/qemud.c | 5 +++++ src/bridge.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemud/qemud.c b/qemud/qemud.c index effb336..c3521e3 100644 --- a/qemud/qemud.c +++ b/qemud/qemud.c @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ * Author: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> */ +/* Tell gcc not to warn about aliasing (e.g., sockaddr_in) in this file. */ +#if (__GNUC__ == 4 && 3 <= __GNUC_MINOR__) || 4 < __GNUC__ +# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-aliasing" +#endif + #include <config.h> #include <sys/types.h> diff --git a/src/bridge.c b/src/bridge.c index 8e577dd..62fa711 100644 --- a/src/bridge.c +++ b/src/bridge.c @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ * Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx> */ +/* Tell gcc not to warn about aliasing (e.g., sockaddr_in) in this file. */ +#if (__GNUC__ == 4 && 3 <= __GNUC_MINOR__) || 4 < __GNUC__ +# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-aliasing" +#endif + #include <config.h> #if defined(WITH_BRIDGE) -- 1.6.1.2.511.gc5d3f -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list