> Current gcc versions warn when type punning is used, as this breaks the
> strict aliasing analysis gcc 3.3 does by default. When checking the causes
> for these warnings I discovered that sensors_malloc_array,
> sensors_free_array, sensors_add_array_el and sensors_add_array_els in
> lib/general.c all take a 'void **' for the list. This is plain wrong as
> the C standard only allow 'char *' and 'void *' to alias any other type, so
> if these functions should take a generic pointer, it *must* be a 'void *'
> that's internally cast to a 'void **'.
>
> The attached patch does this and adapts all places where these functions are
> called. Note that when done correctly, no cast what-so-ever in the calling
> code is needed.
>
> The patch is against current lm_sensors2 cvs version.
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@2345 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
These are the relatively well-tested files. They allow you to parse a
configuration file, and to build an internal abstract syntax tree.
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@91 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
Jean Delvare