On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 12:55:05PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 01:15:47AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > Instead of explicitly setting values of integer types when copying property > > entries lets just copy entire value union when processing non-array values. > > > > When handling array values assign the pointer there using the newly introduced > > "raw" pointer union member. This allows us to remove property_set_pointer(). > > Is this reincarnation of 318a19718261? > Have you read 63dcc7090137? Okay, I think if I squash this and the followup patch to property_get_data() then we'll only go through the "raw" pointer to get to the non-inline data and therefore we will not have the union aliasing issue. The in-line values never change their type when storing/accessing. -- Dmitry
