Module Name:    src
Committed By:   rillig
Date:           Sat Apr 17 16:58:05 UTC 2021

Modified Files:
        src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1: msg_135.c msg_135.exp
        src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1: tree.c

Log Message:
lint: do not warn about alignment when casting from incomplete struct

This removes a bunch of technically correct but practically useless
warnings from the regular NetBSD build.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.exp
cvs rdiff -u -r1.276 -r1.277 src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/tree.c

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.c
diff -u src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.c:1.6 src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.c:1.7
--- src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.c:1.6	Sat Apr 17 16:52:09 2021
+++ src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.c	Sat Apr 17 16:58:04 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: msg_135.c,v 1.6 2021/04/17 16:52:09 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: msg_135.c,v 1.7 2021/04/17 16:58:04 rillig Exp $	*/
 # 3 "msg_135.c"
 
 // Test for message: converting '%s' to '%s' may cause alignment problem [135]
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ struct complete {
  * from the publicly visible, incomplete 'struct lhash_st' to a private
  * implementation type such as 'struct lhash_st_OPENSSL_STRING'.
  *
+ * Before tree.c 1.277 from 2021-04-17, lint warned about this, even though
+ * there was not enough evidence that there really was an alignment problem,
+ * resulting in many false positives.
+ *
  * See openssl/lhash.h.
  */
 void
@@ -35,6 +39,6 @@ pointer_to_structs(struct incomplete *in
 {
 	struct complete *complete;
 
-	complete = (struct complete *)incomplete; /* expect: 135 */
+	complete = (struct complete *)incomplete;
 	sink(complete);
 }

Index: src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.exp
diff -u src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.exp:1.4 src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.exp:1.5
--- src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.exp:1.4	Sat Apr 17 16:52:09 2021
+++ src/tests/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/msg_135.exp	Sat Apr 17 16:58:04 2021
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 msg_135.c(15): warning: converting 'pointer to const unsigned char' to 'pointer to const unsigned int' may cause alignment problem [135]
-msg_135.c(38): warning: converting 'pointer to incomplete struct incomplete' to 'pointer to struct complete' may cause alignment problem [135]
 msg_135.c(20): warning: struct incomplete never defined [233]

Index: src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/tree.c
diff -u src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/tree.c:1.276 src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/tree.c:1.277
--- src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/tree.c:1.276	Sat Apr 10 18:06:53 2021
+++ src/usr.bin/xlint/lint1/tree.c	Sat Apr 17 16:58:04 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: tree.c,v 1.276 2021/04/10 18:06:53 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: tree.c,v 1.277 2021/04/17 16:58:04 rillig Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Jochen Pohl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #if defined(__RCSID) && !defined(lint)
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: tree.c,v 1.276 2021/04/10 18:06:53 rillig Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: tree.c,v 1.277 2021/04/17 16:58:04 rillig Exp $");
 #endif
 
 #include <float.h>
@@ -2081,7 +2081,8 @@ check_pointer_conversion(tnode_t *tn, ty
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (hflag && alignment_in_bits(nstp) > alignment_in_bits(ostp)) {
+	if (hflag && alignment_in_bits(nstp) > alignment_in_bits(ostp) &&
+	    !is_incomplete(ostp)) {
 		/* converting '%s' to '%s' may cause alignment problem */
 		warning(135, type_name(otp), type_name(ntp));
 	}

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