cgo no longer translates function args that are void* into

unsafe.Pointer.
Fixes #254.

R=rsc
https://golang.org/cl/157060

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go b/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
index d6b5c6bc85..79dcd29a96 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
@@ -552,7 +552,11 @@ func (c *typeConv) FuncArg(dtype dwarf.Type) *Type {
 		// is type T defined as *X, simulate a little of the
 		// laxness of C by making the argument *X instead of T.
 		if ptr, ok := base(dt.Type).(*dwarf.PtrType); ok {
-			return c.Type(ptr)
+			// Unless the typedef happens to point to void* since
+			// Go has special rules around using unsafe.Pointer.
+			if _, void := base(ptr.Type).(*dwarf.VoidType); !void {
+				return c.Type(ptr)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return t;