From: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 19:09:16 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Build fix: missing type traits on gcc < 5.0
X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f12e33ba4926d519a81baa388384fc54afde3985;hp=c56f67e5d0844c92823c7c9aa1a1222cf6daf22a

Build fix: missing type traits on gcc < 5.0

gcc versions before 5.0 lack some type traits defined in C++11. Since in
this instance we use the trait to prevent misuses of certain functions
to statically assert at build time and not to generate different code
based on this property, it is preferable to simply set value to true and
allow the code to compile. Anyone using a contemporary compiler will
catch the error.

I have not replaced the type trait checks with macros using gcc-specific
checks (__has_trivial_copy(), for example) since their semantics diverge
subtly from the standard and their use could introduce bugs.

Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Change-Id: Id57cc1cff67847c725f75eb3404443732de1c531
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diff --git a/src/common/macros.hpp b/src/common/macros.hpp
index b734652ee..a4ff6504d 100644
--- a/src/common/macros.hpp
+++ b/src/common/macros.hpp
@@ -63,7 +63,19 @@ void *zmalloc_internal(size_t size)
 template <typename T>
 struct can_malloc
 {
+	/*
+	 * gcc versions before 5.0 lack some type traits defined in C++11.
+	 * Since in this instance we use the trait to prevent misuses
+	 * of malloc (and statically assert) and not to generate different
+	 * code based on this property, simply set value to true and allow
+	 * the code to compile. Anyone using a contemporary compiler will
+	 * catch the error.
+	 */
+#if __GNUG__ && __GNUC__ < 5
+	static constexpr bool value = true;
+#else
 	static constexpr bool value = std::is_trivially_constructible<T>::value;
+#endif
 };
 
 /*
@@ -138,7 +150,19 @@ T *malloc(size_t size)
 template<typename T>
 struct can_free
 {
+	/*
+	 * gcc versions before 5.0 lack some type traits defined in C++11.
+	 * Since in this instance we use the trait to prevent misuses
+	 * of free (and statically assert) and not to generate different
+	 * code based on this property, simply set value to true and allow
+	 * the code to compile. Anyone using a contemporary compiler will
+	 * catch the error.
+	 */
+#if __GNUG__ && __GNUC__ < 5
+	static constexpr bool value = true;
+#else
 	static constexpr bool value = std::is_trivially_destructible<T>::value || std::is_void<T>::value;
+#endif
 };
 
 template<typename T, typename = typename std::enable_if<!can_free<T>::value>::type>
@@ -156,7 +180,19 @@ void *memset(T *s, int c, size_t n) = delete;
 template<typename T>
 struct can_memcpy
 {
+	/*
+	 * gcc versions before 5.0 lack some type traits defined in C++11.
+	 * Since in this instance we use the trait to prevent misuses
+	 * of memcpy (and statically assert) and not to generate different
+	 * code based on this property, simply set value to true and allow
+	 * the code to compile. Anyone using a contemporary compiler will
+	 * catch the error.
+	 */
+#if __GNUG__ && __GNUC__ < 5
+	static constexpr bool value = true;
+#else
 	static constexpr bool value = std::is_trivially_copyable<T>::value;
+#endif
 };
 
 template <typename T, typename U,
@@ -167,7 +203,19 @@ void *memcpy(T *d, const U *s, size_t n) = delete;
 template<typename T>
 struct can_memmove
 {
+	/*
+	 * gcc versions before 5.0 lack some type traits defined in C++11.
+	 * Since in this instance we use the trait to prevent misuses
+	 * of memmove (and statically assert) and not to generate different
+	 * code based on this property, simply set value to true and allow
+	 * the code to compile. Anyone using a contemporary compiler will
+	 * catch the error.
+	 */
+#if __GNUG__ && __GNUC__ < 5
+	static constexpr bool value = true;
+#else
 	static constexpr bool value = std::is_trivially_copyable<T>::value;
+#endif
 };
 
 template <typename T, typename U,