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[ObjC] Remove OSReadLittle* due to alignment requirements #6678

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Objective C Protocol buffers can crash on ARM32.

The OSReadLittleInt64 function as defined by Apple reduces down to:

return *(volatile uint64_t *)((uintptr_t)base + byteOffset);

which means we are type-punning using a cast. On ARMv7 and other aligned architectures this can cause crashes.
Minimal example: https://gist.github.com/dmaclach/b10b0a71ae614d304c067cb9bd264336

Language: objective-c
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The OSReadLittleInt64 function as defined by Apple reduces down to:

`return *(volatile uint64_t *)((uintptr_t)base + byteOffset);`

which means we are type-punning using a cast. On ARMv7 and other aligned architectures this can cause crashes. 
Minimal example: https://gist.github.com/dmaclach/b10b0a71ae614d304c067cb9bd264336
@thomasvl thomasvl self-assigned this Sep 20, 2019
@thomasvl thomasvl changed the title Remove OSReadLittle* due to alignment requirements [ObjC] Remove OSReadLittle* due to alignment requirements Sep 20, 2019
@thomasvl thomasvl merged commit 4702ba9 into protocolbuffers:master Sep 20, 2019
thomasvl pushed a commit to thomasvl/protobuf that referenced this pull request Sep 20, 2019
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The OSReadLittleInt64 function as defined by Apple reduces down to:

`return *(volatile uint64_t *)((uintptr_t)base + byteOffset);`

which means we are type-punning using a cast. On ARMv7 and other aligned architectures this can cause crashes. 
Minimal example: https://gist.github.com/dmaclach/b10b0a71ae614d304c067cb9bd264336

Fixes protocolbuffers#6679
thomasvl pushed a commit to thomasvl/protobuf that referenced this pull request Sep 20, 2019
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The OSReadLittleInt64 function as defined by Apple reduces down to:

`return *(volatile uint64_t *)((uintptr_t)base + byteOffset);`

which means we are type-punning using a cast. On ARMv7 and other aligned architectures this can cause crashes. 
Minimal example: https://gist.github.com/dmaclach/b10b0a71ae614d304c067cb9bd264336

Fixes protocolbuffers#6679
@dmaclach dmaclach deleted the patch-4 branch January 22, 2020 18:22
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