Bug 862927 – sci-libs/silo-4.11-r1 fails to compile (lto): H5Zzfp.c:357:53: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: CONFIRMED ---

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2022-08-02 06:59:50 UTC]

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: sci-libs/silo-4.11-r1 fails to compile (lto).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: lto_tinderbox)

NOTE:
This machine uses lto with CFLAGS=-flto -Werror=odr -Werror=lto-type-mismatch -Werror=strict-aliasing

Here is a bit of explanation:

-Werror=lto-type-mismatch:
User to find possible runtime issues in packages. It likely means the package is unsafe to build & use with LTO.
For projects using the same identifier but with different types across different files, they must be fixed to be consistent across the codebase.

-Werror=odr:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO. C++ code must comply with the One Definition Rule (ODR) - see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/definition#One_Definition_Rule.

-Werror=strict-aliasing:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO.

Workarounds:
- If upstream is friendly and still active, file a bug upstream. For emulators, codecs, games, or multimedia packages, it may be worth just applying a workaround instead, as upstreams sometimes aren't receptive to these bugs (VALID FOR ALL).
- Use the new 'filter-lto' from flag-o-matic.eclass as it's likely to be unsafe with LTO (VALID FOR lto-type-mismatch - odr).
- Fix it yourself if interested, of course (VALID FOR ALL).
- Append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- Use memcpy() but a union is sometimes suitable too (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- -fstrict-aliasing is implied by -O2, so this must be addressed in some form (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).

See also: https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=165639574126280&w=2

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-08-02 06:59:53 UTC]

Created attachment 796774 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2022-08-02 06:59:56 UTC]

Error(s) that match a know pattern in addition to what has been reported in the summary:


checking for Qt... ./configure: line 25712: qmake: command not found
H5Zzfp.c:357:53: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing[https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wstrict-aliasing]]