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Comment: Identify undefined behavior

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In this noncompliant code example, a volatile object is accessed through a non-volatile-qualified reference, resulting in undefined behavior 62:

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langc
#include <stdio.h>
 
void func(void) {
  static volatile int **ipp;
  static int *ip;
  static volatile int i = 0;

  printf("i = %d.\n", i);

  ipp = &ip; /* May produce a warning diagnostic */
  ipp = (int**) &ip; /* Constraint violation; may produce a warning diagnostic */
  *ipp = &i; /* Valid */
  if (*ip != 0) { /* Valid */
    /* ... */
  }
}

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Accessing an object with a volatile-qualified type through a reference with a non-volatile-qualified type is undefined behavior 62.

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Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

EXP32-C

Low

Likely

Medium

P6

L2

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