PerlIO * xio_ifp; /* ifp and ofp are normally the same */
PerlIO * xio_ofp; /* but sockets need separate streams */
- DIR * xio_dirp; /* for opendir, readdir, etc */
+ /* Cray addresses everything by word boundaries (64 bits) and
+ * code and data pointers cannot be mixed (which is exactly what
+ * Perl_filter_add() tries to do with the dirp), hence the following
+ * union trick (as suggested by Gurusamy Sarathy).
+ * For further information see Geir Johansen's problem report titled
+ [ID 20000612.002] Perl problem on Cray system
+ * The any pointer (known as IoANY()) will also be a good place
+ * to hang any IO disciplines to.
+ */
+ union {
+ DIR * xiou_dirp; /* for opendir, readdir, etc */
+ void * xiou_any; /* for alignment */
+ } xio_dirpu;
long xio_lines; /* $. */
long xio_page; /* $% */
long xio_page_len; /* $= */
char xio_type;
char xio_flags;
};
+#define xio_dirp xio_dirpu.xiou_dirp
+#define xio_any xio_dirpu.xiou_any
#define IOf_ARGV 1 /* this fp iterates over ARGV */
#define IOf_START 2 /* check for null ARGV and substitute '-' */
#define IoIFP(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_ifp
#define IoOFP(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_ofp
#define IoDIRP(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_dirp
+#define IoANY(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_any
#define IoLINES(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_lines
#define IoPAGE(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_page
#define IoPAGE_LEN(sv) ((XPVIO*) SvANY(sv))->xio_page_len