Since the assignment is causing a compiler warning, do exactly what is
done in libvhost-user.c to avoid the warning.
CC libvduse.o
libvduse.c: In function ‘vring_set_avail_event’:
libvduse.c:603:7: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break
strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasin]
603 | *((uint16_t *)&vq->vring.used->ring[vq->vring.num]) = htole16(val);
| ~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Xie Yongji <[email protected]>
---
subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c b/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c
index 338ad5e352e7..25359e1fc0e2 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c
+++ b/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c
@@ -582,7 +582,10 @@ void vduse_queue_notify(VduseVirtq *vq)
static inline void vring_set_avail_event(VduseVirtq *vq, uint16_t val)
{
- *((uint16_t *)&vq->vring.used->ring[vq->vring.num]) = htole16(val);
+ uint16_t *avail;
+
+ avail = (uint16_t *)&vq->vring.used->ring[vq->vring.num];
+ *avail = htole16(val);
}
static bool vduse_queue_map_single_desc(VduseVirtq *vq, unsigned int *p_num_sg,
--
2.38.1