Bug 620769 – [PATCH] gobject-introspection crashes on strict-aligned platforms

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Bug 620769 - [PATCH] gobject-introspection crashes on strict-aligned platforms


Summary:	[PATCH] gobject-introspection crashes on strict-aligned platforms


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	gobject-introspection
Classification:	Platform
Component:	general
Version:	2.24.x
Hardware:	Other FreeBSD

Importance:	Normal major
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gobject-introspection Maintainer(s)
QA Contact:	gobject-introspection Maintainer(s)

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Reported:	2010-06-06 20:14 UTC by Joe Marcus Clarke
Modified:	2015-02-07 16:53 UTC

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Attachments
Fix crashes on strict-aligned platforms (2.07 KB, patch) 2010-06-06 20:14 UTC, Joe Marcus Clarke	none	Details \| Review
Updated patch for strict align platforms (1.42 KB, patch) 2010-09-06 17:22 UTC, Joe Marcus Clarke	committed	Details \| Review

Description Joe Marcus Clarke 2010-06-06 20:14:38 UTC

Created attachment 162882 [details] [review]
Fix crashes on strict-aligned platforms

Try to use the g-ir-scanner on FreeBSD sparc64 triggers a crash due to alignment issues when copying certain value types.  The reason for this is that sparc64 requires strict alignment.  The attached patch, produced by Marius Strobl, corrects this problem.

Comment 1 Joe Marcus Clarke 2010-06-06 20:15:56 UTC

The stack trace seen when trying to build gobject-introspection on such a platform is:

+ Trace 222272

#0 g_constant_info_get_value
at ginfo.c line 2361
#0 g_constant_info_get_value
at ginfo.c line 2361
#1 write_constant_info
at generate.c line 784
#2 write_repository
at generate.c line 1345
#3 main
at generate.c line 1505

Comment 2 Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2010-06-06 21:20:20 UTC

Comment on attachment 162882 [details] [review]
Fix crashes on strict-aligned platforms

This patch does not apply on trunk, it needs to be updated.

Comment 3 Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2010-09-06 17:07:59 UTC

Joe, do you have an updated patch for this?

Comment 4 Joe Marcus Clarke 2010-09-06 17:22:41 UTC

Created attachment 169592 [details] [review]
Updated patch for strict align platforms

Comment 5 Johan (not receiving bugmail) Dahlin 2010-09-07 14:45:34 UTC

Thanks for the patch

Comment 6 André Klapper 2015-02-07 16:53:17 UTC

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