G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST() can trigger a "-Wcast-align":
src/core/devices/nm-device-macvlan.c: In function 'parent_changed_notify':
/usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gtype.h:2421:42: error: cast increases required alignment of target type [-Werror=cast-align]
2421 | # define _G_TYPE_CIC(ip, gt, ct) ((ct*) ip)
| ^
/usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gtype.h:501:66: note: in expansion of macro '_G_TYPE_CIC'
501 | #define G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST(instance, g_type, c_type) (_G_TYPE_CIC ((instance), (g_type), c_type))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
src/core/devices/nm-device-macvlan.h:13:6: note: in expansion of macro 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST'
13 | (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj), NM_TYPE_DEVICE_MACVLAN, NMDeviceMacvlan))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Avoid that by using _NM_G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST().
This can only be done for our internal usages. The public headers
of libnm are not changed.
Currently "src/" mostly contains the source code of the daemon.
I say mostly, because that is not true, there are also the device,
settings, wwan, ppp plugins, the initrd generator, the pppd and dhcp
helper, and probably more.
Also we have source code under libnm-core/, libnm/, clients/, and
shared/ directories. That is all confusing.
We should have one "src" directory, that contains subdirectories. Those
subdirectories should contain individual parts (libraries or
applications), that possibly have dependencies on other subdirectories.
There should be a flat hierarchy of directories under src/, which
contains individual modules.
As the name "src/" is already taken, that prevents any sensible
restructuring of the code.
As a first step, move "src/" to "src/core/". This gives space to
reorganize the code better by moving individual components into "src/".
For inspiration, look at systemd's "src/" directory.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/743
