Hash :
5ef19bcf
Author :
Date :
2025-02-13T17:58:21
xkbcomp: Fix incorrect memory comparison
Spotted by clang-tidy:
```
../src/keymap-priv.c:146:16: warning: comparing object representation of
type 'union xkb_action' which does not have
a unique object representation; consider
comparing the members of the object manually
[bugprone-suspicious-memory-comparison]
````
Indeed, from “EXP42-C. Do not compare padding data”[^1]:
> unnamed members of objects of structure and union type do not participate
> in initialization. Unnamed members of structure objects have indeterminate
> representation even after initialization.
Fixed by using a dedicated comparison function for `union xkb_action`.
[^1]: https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/EXP42-C.+Do+not+compare+padding+data
libxkbcommon is a keyboard keymap compiler and support library which processes a reduced subset of keymaps as defined by the XKB (X Keyboard Extension) specification. It also contains a module for handling Compose and dead keys and a separate registry library for listing available keyboard layouts.
libxkbcommon is built with Meson:
meson setup build
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build # Run the tests.
To build for use with Wayland, you can disable X11 support while still using the X11 keyboard configuration resource files thusly:
meson setup build \
-Denable-x11=false \
-Dxkb-config-root=/usr/share/X11/xkb \
-Dx-locale-root=/usr/share/X11/locale
meson compile -C build
While libxkbcommon’s API is somewhat derived from the classic XKB API as found
in X11/extensions/XKB.h and friends, it has been substantially reworked to
expose fewer internal details to clients.
See the API Documentation.
libxkbcommon does not distribute a keyboard layout dataset itself, other than for testing purposes. The most common dataset is xkeyboard-config, which is used by all current distributions for their X11 XKB data. Further information on xkeyboard-config is available at its homepage and at its repository.
The dataset for Compose is distributed in libX11, as part of the X locale data.
See Compatibility notes.
An extremely rudimentary homepage can be found at
https://xkbcommon.org
xkbcommon is maintained in git at
https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon
Patches are always welcome, and may be sent to either xorg-devel@lists.x.org or wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org or in a GitHub pull request.
Bug reports (and usage questions) are also welcome, and may be filed at GitHub.
The maintainers are:
Many thanks are due to Dan Nicholson for his heroic work in getting xkbcommon off the ground initially.