IN6_IS_ADDR_* macros use invalid type punning?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 10:23:30PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:

> I am just staring at gcc 4.8 warnings when compiling the try.c code
> shown below:

[...]

> try.c:9:5: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break
> strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
>      int r = IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED((&sin6.sin6_addr));
>      ^
> try.c:9:5: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break
> strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]

[...]

> Can we get these fixed in a reasonable timeframe?
> 
> To whom, or where, would I submit a patch for all the macros so that it
> actually gets committed to HEAD and MFC'd to /9 and /8?

Gleb already committed a fix for this 16 months ago 
(unfortunately, correct patch description was lost in transit):

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=230584

Probably it's a good idea to MFC the fix.

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