Re: [libvirt PATCH] Do not disable incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 09:24:22AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 09:42:40PM +0100, Martin Kletzander wrote: > > This reverts commit b3710e9a2af402a2b620de570b062294e11190eb. > > > > That check is very valuable for our code, but it causes issue with glib >= > > 2.67.0 when building with clang. > > > > The reason is a combination of two commits in glib, firstly fdda405b6b1b which > > adds a g_atomic_pointer_{set,get} variants that enforce stricter type > > checking (by removing an extra cast) for compilers that support __typeof__, and > > commit dce24dc4492d which effectively enabled the new variant of glib's atomic > > code for clang. This will not be necessary when glib's issue #600 [0] (8 years > > old) is fixed. Thankfully, MR #1719 [1], which is supposed to deal with this > > issue was opened 3 weeks ago, so there is a slight sliver of hope. > > > > [0] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/600 > > [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/1719 > > > > Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com&gt; > > --- > > meson.build | 3 --- > > src/qemu/qemu_domain.c | 7 +++++++ > > src/util/vireventthread.c | 6 ++++++ > > src/util/viridentity.c | 6 ++++++ > > src/util/virobject.c | 6 ++++++ > > 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build > > index cecaad199d4c..04646e3a078c 100644 > > --- a/meson.build > > +++ b/meson.build > > @@ -405,9 +405,6 @@ cc_flags += [ > > # so use this Clang-specific arg to keep it quiet > > '-Wno-typedef-redefinition', > > > > - # Clang complains about casts in G_DEFINE_TYPE(...) > > - '-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers', > > - > > # We don't use -Wc++-compat so we have to enable it explicitly > > '-Wjump-misses-init', > > > > diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c > > index 2158080a56ad..3349476cceae 100644 > > --- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c > > +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c > > @@ -330,7 +330,14 @@ struct _qemuDomainLogContext { > > virLogManagerPtr manager; > > }; > > > > +#pragma clang diagnostic push > > +/* Workaround for glib's issue #600 on clang */ > > +#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers" > > + > > G_DEFINE_TYPE(qemuDomainLogContext, qemu_domain_log_context, G_TYPE_OBJECT); > > + > > +#pragma clang diagnostic pop > > I really don't want to see this pattern used. We may only have a handful > of G_DEFINE_TYPE today, but as we convert all 200 virClass over to GObject > this is going to be way to tedious. This has to be done as a global > thing IMHO. > Even when the warning we're disabling actually catches errors we make every now and then? Really?

I know the issue is very old and it only showed up now. And that the MR might not go through for quite some time. But how about a middle ground like the one I described in reply to Pavel? Looks like this: #define G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_WORKAROUND(a, b, c) \ _Pragma ("clang diagnostic push") \ _Pragma ("clang diagnostic ignored \"-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers\"") \ G_DEFINE_TYPE(a, b, c) \ _Pragma ("clang diagnostic pop") If someone wants to make sure it does not break and we really want to get rid of this ASAP, then we can even syntax-check for it, describe it and only use it with glib that has this issue.