Bug: Function proxy_bridge.rs/mw_com_impl_initialize(...) doesnt compile for ARM

[TimofteBogdan1900]

Description

A patch is required to compile for ARM architecture because on aarch64 (ARM), C's char is unsigned (u8)

Error Occurrence Rate

None

How to reproduce

Try and compile communication for arm

Supporting Information

The patch is

--- a/score/mw/com/impl/rust/proxy_bridge.rs
+++ b/score/mw/com/impl/rust/proxy_bridge.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 mod ffi {
     use std::marker::PhantomData;
     use std::mem::transmute;
+    use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
     /// This type represents score::mw::com::InstanceSpecifier as an opaque struct.
     /// Note that this struct is empty as we only use references to it on Rust side.
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@
             container: *const NativeHandleContainer,
             pos: u32,
         ) -> *const HandleType;
-        pub(super) fn mw_com_impl_initialize(options: *mut *const i8, len: i32);
+        pub(super) fn mw_com_impl_initialize(options: *mut *const c_char, len: i32);
         pub(super) fn mw_com_impl_sample_ptr_get_size() -> u32;
         pub(super) fn mw_com_impl_proxy_event_subscribe(
             proxy_event: *mut ProxyEventBase,

Its already fixed on main branch (commit b9efce9702d108fd63be806738db50c14d354302 ) but not in official release.

Classification

minor

Affected Version

0.5

Expected Closure Version

0.5

Category

• Safety Related
• Security Related