Use may_alias with unaligned reads to fix miscompilation on GCC #1013
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When
XXH_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS==1
, which is the default on supported compilers unlike stated in the README, a strict aliasing violation occurs inXXH_read64
, resulting in miscompilation on GCC (but not Clang) in some oddly specific circumstances.The following code reproduces the problem on x86_64 GCC 14.2.1 when compiled with -O3:
A bogus
-Wuninitialized
warning is produced if enabled, and the resulting program outputs an incorrect hash.While this definitely looks like a compiler bug in some ways, I see no reason to assume
aligned(1)
alone should excempt the type from aliasing restrictions regardless, and addingmay_alias
does fix the problem.The separate strict aliasing bug when
XXH_FORCE_ALIGN_CHECK==1
, discussed in #383, still remains.