eliminate aliasing warnings in traceroute.c and udhcp/socket.c

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index c18fba8..82bb011 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -751,7 +751,8 @@ print(int read_len, const struct sockaddr *from, const struct sockaddr *to)
 		} else
 #endif
 		{
-			read_len -= ((struct ip*)recv_pkt)->ip_hl << 2;
+			struct ip *ip4packet = (struct ip*)recv_pkt;
+			read_len -= ip4packet->ip_hl << 2;
 		}
 		printf(" %d bytes to %s", read_len, ina);
 		free(ina);
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/socket.c b/networking/udhcp/socket.c
index 0ed7ad1..39f1cec 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/socket.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/socket.c
@@ -36,42 +36,45 @@
 
 int FAST_FUNC udhcp_read_interface(const char *interface, int *ifindex, uint32_t *nip, uint8_t *mac)
 {
+	/* char buffer instead of bona-fide struct avoids aliasing warning */
+	char ifr_buf[sizeof(struct ifreq)];
+	struct ifreq *const ifr = (void *)ifr_buf;
+
 	int fd;
-	struct ifreq ifr;
 	struct sockaddr_in *our_ip;
 
-	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
+	memset(ifr, 0, sizeof(*ifr));
 	fd = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW);
 
-	ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
-	strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr.ifr_name, interface);
+	ifr->ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
+	strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr->ifr_name, interface);
 	if (nip) {
-		if (ioctl_or_perror(fd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr,
+		if (ioctl_or_perror(fd, SIOCGIFADDR, ifr,
 			"is interface %s up and configured?", interface)
 		) {
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		our_ip = (struct sockaddr_in *) &ifr.ifr_addr;
+		our_ip = (struct sockaddr_in *) &ifr->ifr_addr;
 		*nip = our_ip->sin_addr.s_addr;
 		log1("IP %s", inet_ntoa(our_ip->sin_addr));
 	}
 
 	if (ifindex) {
-		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) != 0) {
+		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, ifr) != 0) {
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		log1("Adapter index %d", ifr.ifr_ifindex);
-		*ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
+		log1("Adapter index %d", ifr->ifr_ifindex);
+		*ifindex = ifr->ifr_ifindex;
 	}
 
 	if (mac) {
-		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) != 0) {
+		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, ifr) != 0) {
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		memcpy(mac, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6);
+		memcpy(mac, ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6);
 		log1("MAC %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
 			mac[0], mac[1], mac[2], mac[3], mac[4], mac[5]);
 	}