Since the assignment is causing a compiler warning, fix it by using memcpy instead.
CC libvduse.o libvduse.c: In function ‘vring_set_avail_event’: libvduse.c:603:7: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasin] 603 | *((uint16_t *)&vq->vring.used->ring[vq->vring.num]) = htole16(val); | ~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <mar...@holtmann.org> Suggested-by: Xie Yongji <xieyon...@bytedance.com> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> --- subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c b/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c index 338ad5e352e7..377959a0b4fb 100644 --- a/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c +++ b/subprojects/libvduse/libvduse.c @@ -582,7 +582,8 @@ void vduse_queue_notify(VduseVirtq *vq) static inline void vring_set_avail_event(VduseVirtq *vq, uint16_t val) { - *((uint16_t *)&vq->vring.used->ring[vq->vring.num]) = htole16(val); + uint16_t val_le = htole16(val); + memcpy(&vq->vring.used->ring[vq->vring.num], &val_le, sizeof(uint16_t)); } static bool vduse_queue_map_single_desc(VduseVirtq *vq, unsigned int *p_num_sg, -- 2.38.1