[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7218: Regression from Changeset 79895: new calls to madvise() need to cast as necessary to caddr_t

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7218: Regression from Changeset 79895: new calls to madvise() need to cast as necessary to caddr_t
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-09 18:41:18

#7218: Regression from Changeset 79895: new calls to madvise() need to cast as
necessary to caddr_t
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 Reporter:  Hubert Tong <hstong@…>           |       Owner:  igaztanaga  
     Type:  Bugs                             |      Status:  new         
Milestone:  To Be Determined                 |   Component:  interprocess
  Version:  Boost Development Trunk          |    Severity:  Regression  
 Keywords:                                   |  
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 On the AIX tester we see:

 {{{
 "../boost/interprocess/mapped_region.hpp", line 762.52: 1540-0256 (S) A
 parameter of type "char *" cannot be initialized with an expression of
 type "void *".
 "../boost/interprocess/mapped_region.hpp", line 762.52: 1540-1205 (I) The
 error occurred while converting to parameter 1 of "madvise(caddr_t,
 size_t, int)".
 }}}

 The call in question to `madvise()` is indeed invalid.
 The signature for `madvise()` on the AIX platform uses `caddr_t` (a
 typedef to `char *`) as the type of the first parameter.

 A search seems to indicate that Solaris and HP-UX also use `caddr_t`.

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