[libvirt] [PATCH] virthreadpthread: don't try to cast pthread_t to void*

[Eric Blake]

On 05/02/2013 08:42 AM, Claudio Bley wrote:
> Since the warning only ever refers to directly casting a function
> return value, wouldn't it suffice to introduce a (properly typed)
> variable first assigning the function result?
> 
> pthread_t self = pthread_self();
> return (int)(intptr_t)self;

You _still_ need a (void*) in the mix; pthread_t and intptr_t are not
necessarily compatible, but everything should be compatible with void*.

But a union is still nicer than three casts in a row.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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