Re: [PATCH 10/13] meson: Bump glib version to 2.58.0

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On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 10:43:07AM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Now that we don't have any distro stuck with glib-2.56.0, we can
> bump the glib version. In fact, this is needed, because of
> g_clear_pointer. Since v7.4.0-rc1~301 we declare at compile time
> what version of glib APIs we want to use (by setting
> GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED = GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED = 2.56.0),
> regardless of actual glib version in the host.
> 
> And since we currently require glib-2.56.0 and force glib to use
> APIs of that version, some newer bits are slipping from us. For
> instance: regular function version of g_clear_pointer() is used
> instead of a fancy macro. So what? Well, g_clear_pointer()
> function typecasts passed free function to void (*)(void *) and
> then calls it. Well, this triggers UBSAN, understandably. But
> with glib-2.58.0 the g_clear_pointer() becomes a macro which
> calls the free function directly, with no typecasting and thus no
> undefined behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  meson.build              |   2 +-
>  src/libvirt_private.syms |   1 -
>  src/util/glibcompat.c    | 125 ---------------------------------------
>  src/util/glibcompat.h    |  10 ----
>  4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 137 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>


With regards,
Daniel
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