fix compiler warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tests/server/getpart.c b/tests/server/getpart.c
index d32f480d2..1a2a3ca12 100644
--- a/tests/server/getpart.c
+++ b/tests/server/getpart.c
@@ -61,14 +61,20 @@ char *appendstring(char *string, /* original string */
                    size_t *stralloc,  /* allocated size */
                    char base64) /* 1 if base64 encoded */
 {
+  union {
+    unsigned char * as_uchar;
+             char * as_char;
+  } buf64;
+
   size_t len = strlen(buffer);
   size_t needed_len = len + *stringlen + 1;
-  char *buf64=NULL;
+
+  buf64.as_char = NULL;
 
   if(base64) {
     /* decode the given buffer first */
-    len = Curl_base64_decode(buffer, (unsigned char**)&buf64); /* updated len */
-    buffer = buf64;
+    len = Curl_base64_decode(buffer, &buf64.as_uchar); /* updated len */
+    buffer = buf64.as_char;
     needed_len = len + *stringlen + 1; /* recalculate */
   }
 
@@ -82,8 +88,8 @@ char *appendstring(char *string, /* original string */
       *stralloc = newsize;
     }
     else {
-      if(buf64)
-        free(buf64);
+      if(buf64.as_char)
+        free(buf64.as_char);
       return NULL;
     }
   }
@@ -92,8 +98,8 @@ char *appendstring(char *string, /* original string */
   *stringlen += len;
   string[*stringlen]=0;
 
-  if(buf64)
-    free(buf64);
+  if(buf64.as_char)
+    free(buf64.as_char);
 
   return string;
 }