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[PATCH] xdiff/xdiffi.c: fix warnings about possibly uninitialized variables

From
MRMarco Roeland <marco.roeland@xs4all.nl>
Date
Apr 8, 2006, 15:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20060408152720.GA11125@fiberbit.xs4all.nl>
Compiling this module gave the following warnings (some double dutch!):

xdiff/xdiffi.c: In functie 'xdl_recs_cmp': xdiff/xdiffi.c:298: let op: 'spl.i1' may be used uninitialized in this function xdiff/xdiffi.c:298: let op: 'spl.i2' may be used uninitialized in this function xdiff/xdiffi.c:219: let op: 'fbest1' may be used uninitialized in this function xdiff/xdiffi.c:219: let op: 'bbest1' may be used uninitialized in this function

A superficial tracking of their usage, without deeper knowledge about the algorithm, indeed confirms that there are code paths on which these variables will be used uninitialized. In practice these code paths might never be reached, but then these fixes will not change the algorithm. If these code paths are ever reached we now at least have a predictable outcome. And should the very small performance impact of these initializations be noticeable, then they should at least be replaced by comments why certain code paths will never be reached.

Some extra initializations in this patch now fix the warnings.
---
 xdiff/xdiffi.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
0b0bf00d67a66b3ef47862cc51b1d37763f4b99b
diff --git a/xdiff/xdiffi.c b/xdiff/xdiffi.c
index e81bca6..641362d 100644
--- a/xdiff/xdiffi.c
+++ b/xdiff/xdiffi.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static long xdl_split(unsigned long cons
 		if (ec >= xenv->mxcost) {
 			long fbest, fbest1, bbest, bbest1;
 
-			fbest = -1;
+			fbest = fbest1 = -1;
 			for (d = fmax; d >= fmin; d -= 2) {
 				i1 = XDL_MIN(kvdf[d], lim1);
 				i2 = i1 - d;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static long xdl_split(unsigned long cons
 				}
 			}
 
-			bbest = XDL_LINE_MAX;
+			bbest = bbest1 = XDL_LINE_MAX;
 			for (d = bmax; d >= bmin; d -= 2) {
 				i1 = XDL_MAX(off1, kvdb[d]);
 				i2 = i1 - d;
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ int xdl_recs_cmp(diffdata_t *dd1, long o
 	} else {
 		long ec;
 		xdpsplit_t spl;
+		spl.i1 = spl.i2 = 0;
 
 		/*
 		 * Divide ...
-- 
1.3.0.rc3.gad0b
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  1. xdiff/xdiffi.c: fix warnings about possibly uninitialized variablesMarco Roeland, Apr 8, 2006
  2. Davide LibenziApr 8, 2006

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