Binary compatibility report for the libmemcached library between 0.22 and 0.23 versions on x86

Test Info

Library Name	libmemcached
Version #1	0.22
Version #2	0.23
CPU Type	x86
GCC Version	4.6.1

Test Results

Total Header Files	11
Total Shared Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	63 / 75
Verdict	Incompatible (71.4%)

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	0
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	2
	Medium	1
	Low	12
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	0
Other Changes in Data Types	-	6

Problems with Data Types, High Severity (2)

memcached.h
[+] struct memcached_st (2)

	Change	Effect
1	Field wheel has been removed from the middle position of this structural type.	1) Previous accesses of applications to the removed field will be incorrect. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.
2	Field wheel_count has been removed from the middle position of this structural type.	1) Previous accesses of applications to the removed field will be incorrect. 2) Layout of structure fields has been changed and therefore fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be incorrectly accessed by applications.

[+] affected symbols (45)

memcached_add ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_add_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_append ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_append_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_behavior_get ( memcached_st* ptr, enum memcached_behavior flag )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_behavior_set ( memcached_st* ptr, enum memcached_behavior flag, uint64_t data )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_callback_get ( memcached_st* ptr, enum memcached_callback flag, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_callback_set ( memcached_st* ptr, enum memcached_callback flag, void* data )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_cas ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags, uint64_t cas )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_cas_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags, uint64_t cas )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_clone ( memcached_st* clone, memcached_st* ptr )

1st parameter 'clone' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_create ( memcached_st* ptr )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_decrement ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, uint32_t offset, uint64_t* value )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_delete ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_delete_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_fetch ( memcached_st* ptr, char* key, size_t* key_length, size_t* value_length, uint32_t* flags, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_fetch_execute ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_execute_function* callback, void* context, unsigned int number_of_callbacks )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_fetch_result ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_result_st* result, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_flush ( memcached_st* ptr, time_t expiration )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_free ( memcached_st* ptr )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_get ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, size_t* value_length, uint32_t* flags, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_get_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, size_t* value_length, uint32_t* flags, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_increment ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, uint32_t offset, uint64_t* value )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_mget ( memcached_st* ptr, char** keys, size_t* key_length, unsigned int number_of_keys )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_mget_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char** keys, size_t* key_length, unsigned int number_of_keys )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_prepend ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_prepend_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_quit ( memcached_st* ptr )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_replace ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_replace_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_result_create ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_result_st* result )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_server_add ( memcached_st* ptr, char* hostname, unsigned int port )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_server_add_udp ( memcached_st* ptr, char* hostname, unsigned int port )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_server_add_unix_socket ( memcached_st* ptr, char* filename )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_server_cursor ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_server_function* callback, void* context, unsigned int number_of_callbacks )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_server_push ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_server_st* list )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_set ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_set_by_key ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* master_key, size_t master_key_length, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_stat ( memcached_st* ptr, char* args, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_stat_free ( memcached_st* p1, memcached_stat_st* p2 )

1st parameter 'p1' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_stat_get_keys ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_stat_st* stat, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_stat_get_value ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_stat_st* stat, char* key, enum memcached_return* error )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_strerror ( memcached_st* ptr, enum memcached_return rc )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_string_create ( memcached_st* ptr, memcached_string_st* string, size_t initial_size )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

memcached_verbosity ( memcached_st* ptr, unsigned int verbosity )

1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has base type 'struct memcached_st'.

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Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity (1)

memcached_constants.h
[+] enum memcached_server_distribution (1)

	Change	Effect
1	Value of member MEMCACHED_DISTRIBUTION_CONSISTENT_KETAMA has been changed from 3 to 2.	Applications may execute a wrong branch of code in the library and therefore change the behavior.

[+] affected symbols (45)

memcached_add ( memcached_st* ptr, char const* key, size_t key_length, char const* value, size_t value_length, time_t expiration, uint32_t flags )

Field 'ptr->distribution' in 1st parameter 'ptr' (pointer) has type 'enum memcached_server_distribution'.