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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qga/commands-posix.c: Use correct types with g_


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qga/commands-posix.c: Use correct types with g_base64_decode()
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:35:30 -0600
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On 04/14/2015 08:29 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> But you can: gsize is defined to be "An unsigned integer type of the
> result of the sizeof operator, corresponding to the size_t type defined
> in C99.

Good so far.

> This type is wide enough to hold the numeric value of a pointer,

Not true on platforms where size_t is 32 bits but pointers are 64 bits.
 Bug in glib documentation.

> 
> If anything, I would add a QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(gsize) !=
> sizeof(size_t)) to catch the problem, since we've had many experienced
> developers caught unprepared.

That would be my preference as well.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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