pointer subtraction in TMemoryBuffer relies on undefined behavior
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                 Key: THRIFT-1248
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1248
             Project: Thrift
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: C++ - Library
    Affects Versions: 0.5
            Reporter: Anatoly Fayngelerin
            Assignee: Anatoly Fayngelerin
             Fix For: 0.7
         Attachments: 0_7_0_ptrdiff.patch

The ensureCanWrite function in TMemoryBuffer currently "rebases" the buffer 
pointers by subtracting the original buffer pointer from the pointer newly 
returned by realloc. While this seems to work fine on my linux setup(I couldn't 
force a reproducer), pointer subtraction between pointers that we allocated 
separately is an undefined operation.

I have run into problems with this on platforms other than linux.

I am attaching a patch that removes the undefined operation.

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