From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Compiler warning with 'fast' variable |
Date: | 2009-04-07 23:04:39 |
Message-ID: | 200904072304.n37N4dH02328@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Any idea why I am seeing this warning with the new pg_start_backup()
> > 'fast' flag?
>
> > xlog.c:6917: warning: variable `fast' might be clobbered by
> > `longjmp' or `vfork'
>
> > The line is in a PG_ENSURE_ERROR_CLEANUP() block. This is with gcc
> > version 2.95.3.
>
> That's pretty bizarre --- I don't see it here with gcc 2.95.3,
> and there is no reason for such a warning to appear on a variable
> that isn't changed during the function.
>
> We could stick a volatile on it but I'd like to find out why this
> particular variable seems to need that.
You ready for this; changing 'bool' to 'int' supressed the warning:
int fast = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
Using 'char' returns the warning. Changing the assignment to 'true'
also fixes it:
bool fast = true;
This also generates no warning about longjmp:
bool fast = PG_GETARG_TEXT(1);
No warning here either:
bool fast = (bool) PG_GETARG_DATUM(0);
This generates the warning:
bool fast = ((bool) ((bool) (PG_GETARG_DATUM(1)) != 0));
This does not:
bool fast = (bool) (PG_GETARG_DATUM(1) != 0);
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