[Build] Failure to build with "no matching function for call to 'StrongPointer()'"

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What version of protobuf and what language are you using?

Protobuf commit 9f40411

What operating system (Linux, Windows, ...) and version?

Linux Debian 11 using Docker

What runtime / compiler are you using (e.g., python version or gcc version)

gcc 12

What did you do?

Build protoc using cmake

What did you expect to see

Successful build

What did you see instead?

Build failure with log

[ 53%] Building CXX object third_party/protobuf/CMakeFiles/libprotobuf.dir/src/google/protobuf/extension_set_heavy.cc.o
In file included from /var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/extension_set.h:34,
                 from /var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/descriptor.h:56,
                 from /var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/compiler/parser.h:24,
                 from /var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/compiler/parser.cc:14:
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h: In instantiation of 'void google::protobuf::internal::StrongReferenceToType() [with T = google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption]':
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/message_lite.h:923:37:   required from 'const T* google::protobuf::DownCastToGenerated(const google::protobuf::MessageLite*) [with T = google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption]'
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/message_lite.h:933:29:   required from 'T* google::protobuf::DownCastToGenerated(google::protobuf::MessageLite*) [with T = google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption]'
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/compiler/parser.cc:1568:47:   required from here
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:72:43: error: no matching function for call to 'StrongPointer()'
   72 |   return StrongPointer();
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:43:36: note: candidate: 'template void google::protobuf::internal::StrongPointer(T*)'
   43 | inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongPointer(T* var) {
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:43:36: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:72:43: error: wrong number of template arguments (2, should be 1)
   72 |   return StrongPointer();
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:43:36: note: provided for 'template void google::protobuf::internal::StrongPointer(T*)'
   43 | inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongPointer(T* var) {
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:54:36: note: candidate: 'template void google::protobuf::internal::StrongPointer()'
   54 | inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongPointer() {
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:54:36: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
/var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h:72:43: error: could not convert template argument 'ptr' from 'const google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption& (* const)()' to 'const google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption& (* const)()'
   72 |   return StrongPointer();
      |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~

Anything else we should know about your project / environment

• You can check the PR catching this issue; [Deps] Protobuf at head grpc/grpc#36626
• This test is running under this docker image; us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/grpc_artifact_protoc_aarch64:be8fc962f6a27ce976abecbda3dd02be4be5683d@sha256:a0f6b544c1b2fa75f73b26cb28281917153304e9df2789e93de0732494e6b651

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DEBUG: /home/mnidev/.cache/bazel/_bazel_mnidev/3c3a08606d72aa32889b958d96f38c5b/external/system_ruby/bundle.bzl:3:10: WARNING: no system ruby found for bundle
INFO: Analyzed 2 targets (173 packages loaded, 2259 targets configured).
ERROR: /home/mnidev/work/latest/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/compiler/BUILD.bazel:35:11: Compiling src/google/protobuf/compiler/parser.cc failed: (Exit 1): gcc failed: error executing CppCompile command (from target //src/google/protobuf/compiler:importer) /usr/bin/gcc -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -fstack-protector -Wall -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wno-free-nonheap-object -fno-omit-frame-pointer '-std=c++14' -MD -MF ... (remaining 55 arguments skipped)

Seeing this same issue. Think before commiting to main a CI test would have caught.
system:
C++
g++ (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu122.04) 11.4.0
gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu122.04) 11.4.0
seems like compiler template issue - saw some notes on fixing this const pointer issue.

ERRORS:
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/protobuf_lite/google/protobuf/message_lite.h:930:37: required from 'const T* google::protobuf::DownCastToGenerated(const google::protobuf::MessageLite*) [with T = google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption]'
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/protobuf_lite/google/protobuf/message_lite.h:940:29: required from 'T* google::protobuf::DownCastToGenerated(google::protobuf::MessageLite*) [with T = google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption]'
src/google/protobuf/compiler/parser.cc:1568:47: required from here
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:72:43: error: no matching function for call to 'StrongPointer<const google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption& (* const)(), ptr>()'
72 | return StrongPointer<decltype(ptr), ptr>();
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:43:36: note: candidate: 'template void google::protobuf::internal::StrongPointer(T*)'
43 | inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongPointer(T* var) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:43:36: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed:
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:72:43: error: wrong number of template arguments (2, should be 1)
72 | return StrongPointer<decltype(ptr), ptr>();
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:43:36: note: provided for 'template void google::protobuf::internal::StrongPointer(T*)'
43 | inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongPointer(T* var) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:54:36: note: candidate: 'template<class T, T ptr> void google::protobuf::internal::StrongPointer()'
54 | inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongPointer() {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:54:36: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed:
bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/google/protobuf/_virtual_includes/port/google/protobuf/port.h:72:43: error: could not convert template argument 'ptr' from 'const google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption& (* const)()' to 'const google::protobuf::UninterpretedOption& (* const)()'
72 | return StrongPointer<decltype(ptr), ptr>();
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~

[Mizux]

For the record:
gcc 11.4.0: Fail
gcc 13.2.0: Pass

ref: https://repology.org/project/gcc/badges

protobuf/src/google/protobuf/port.h

Lines 66 to 76 in 63def39

	template <typename T>
	inline PROTOBUF_ALWAYS_INLINE void StrongReferenceToType() {
	constexpr auto ptr = T::template GetStrongPointerForType<T>();
	#if defined(__cpp_nontype_template_args) && \
	__cpp_nontype_template_args >= 201411L
	// We can only use `ptr` as a template parameter since C++17
	return StrongPointer<decltype(ptr), ptr>();
	#else
	return StrongPointer(ptr);
	#endif
	}