Thread: DTrace compiler warnings

I'm just seeing these kind of compiler warnings in current HEAD:

pgstat.c: In function ‘pgstat_report_activity’:
pgstat.c:2276: warning: passing argument 1 of
‘__dtrace_probe$postgresql$statement__status$v1$63686172202a’ discards
qualifiers from pointer target type

There are more of them (e.g. postgres.c), all passing a const char pointer.

Platform is Snow Leopard, 10.6.2, gcc 4.2.1

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Thanks
Bernd

Hmm, const is also problem on solaris. dtrace generates probe.h file and
eats const. It generates following noise on solaris build:

"postgres.c", line 554: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with
prototype:prototype: pointer to char : "../../../src/include/utils/probes.h",
line 582argument : pointer to const char

IIRC, it was discussed. I cc Robert. He should know answer why const is
ignored.
Zdenek


Bernd Helmle píše v so 14. 11. 2009 v 14:54 +0100:
> I'm just seeing these kind of compiler warnings in current HEAD:
> 
> pgstat.c: In function ‘pgstat_report_activity’:
> pgstat.c:2276: warning: passing argument 1 of 
> ‘__dtrace_probe$postgresql$statement__status$v1$63686172202a’ discards 
> qualifiers from pointer target type
> 
> There are more of them (e.g. postgres.c), all passing a const char pointer.
> 
> Platform is Snow Leopard, 10.6.2, gcc 4.2.1
> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> 
>     Bernd
> 

--On 14. November 2009 15:25:25 +0100 Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> 
wrote:

> Hmm, const is also problem on solaris. dtrace generates probe.h file and
> eats const. It generates following noise on solaris build:
>
> "postgres.c", line 554: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with
> prototype:
>     prototype: pointer to char : "../../../src/include/utils/probes.h",
> line 582
>     argument : pointer to const char
>
> IIRC, it was discussed. I cc Robert. He should know answer why const is
> ignored.

Have you dug into this further?

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Thanks
Bernd