[Xcb] [PATCH lib] c_client.py: Do not create pointers in unions

Daniel Martin consume.noise at gmail.com
Tue Aug 6 10:26:54 PDT 2013


On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 01:22:21PM +0300, Ran Benita wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 01:18:13PM +0300, Ran Benita wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:40:29PM +0100, Daniel Martin wrote:
> > > Do not create pointers in unions for fields of variadic length.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Martin <consume.noise at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > With this patch xcb_xkb_doodad_t in xkb.h will change:
> > > 
> > >  typedef union xcb_xkb_doodad_t {
> > >      xcb_xkb_common_doodad_t    common; /**<  */
> > >      xcb_xkb_shape_doodad_t     shape; /**<  */
> > > -    xcb_xkb_text_doodad_t     *text; /**<  */
> > > +    xcb_xkb_text_doodad_t      text; /**<  */
> > >      xcb_xkb_indicator_doodad_t indicator; /**<  */
> > > -    xcb_xkb_logo_doodad_t     *logo; /**<  */
> > > +    xcb_xkb_logo_doodad_t      logo; /**<  */
> > >  } xcb_xkb_doodad_t;
> > 
> > This changes sizeof(xcb_xkb_doodad_t) from 20 to 24, which is incorrect.
> > It should be the same as sizeof(xkbDoodadWireDesc) from
> > X11/extensions/XKBproto.h, which is 20.

I didn't checked the size prior. Now, I did. Are you sure you've build
against the header with that change? For me it's the other way around
(with pointers = 24, without = 20).


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