s4:ldb Fix ldb_list_find() folowing the change from char * to TDB_DATA

[samba.git] / source4 / lib / ldb / ldb_tdb / ldb_index.c

diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c
index b959471d163584598243d92b4d53d07e5c858fa9..7b8d2c249bc4c812749a7233189b0c315e7f9d76 100644 (file)
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static int ldb_list_find(const void *needle,
                         const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
                         comparison_fn_t comp_fn)
 {
-       const char *base_p = (const char *)base;
+       const uint8_t *base_p = (const uint8_t *)base;
        size_t min_i, max_i, test_i;
 
        if (nmemb == 0) {
@@ -383,17 +383,11 @@ static int ldb_list_find(const void *needle,
                int r;
 
                test_i = (min_i + max_i) / 2;
-               /* the following cast looks strange, but is
-                correct. The key to understanding it is that base_p
-                is a pointer to an array of pointers, so we have to
-                dereference it after casting to void **. The strange
-                const in the middle gives us the right type of pointer
-                after the dereference  (tridge) */
-               r = comp_fn(needle, *(void * const *)(base_p + (size * test_i)));
+               r = comp_fn(needle, (void const *)(base_p + (size * test_i)));
                if (r == 0) {
                        /* scan back for first element */
                        while (test_i > 0 &&
-                              comp_fn(needle, *(void * const *)(base_p + (size * (test_i-1)))) == 0) {
+                              comp_fn(needle, (void const *)(base_p + (size * (test_i-1)))) == 0) {
                                test_i--;
                        }
                        return test_i;
@@ -409,7 +403,7 @@ static int ldb_list_find(const void *needle,
                }
        }
 
-       if (comp_fn(needle, *(void * const *)(base_p + (size * min_i))) == 0) {
+       if (comp_fn(needle, (void const *)(base_p + (size * min_i))) == 0) {
                return min_i;
        }