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Subject: test case against union aliasing
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>,
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:20:41 +0200
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Hi!

It seems we have some code in kernel which utilizes (rightlessly for
now) union aliasing.

So, can we create a test case against such? (Three steps: a) replace
union by struct keyword in data type in question, b) compile, c) run in
Qemu with proper functional test)

Does it make any sense?

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy