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[PATCH 2/3] use "sentinel" function attribute for variadic lists

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 10, 2013, 00:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20130710001911.GB19423@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20130710001659.GA11643@sigill.intra.peff.net>

This attribute can help gcc notice when callers forget to add a NULL sentinel to the end of the function. This is our first use of the sentinel attribute, but we shouldn't need to #ifdef for other compilers, as __attribute__ is already a no-op on non-gcc-compatible compilers.

Suggested-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
More-Spots-Found-By: Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 argv-array.h     | 1 +
 builtin/revert.c | 2 ++
 exec_cmd.h       | 1 +
 run-command.h    | 1 +
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/argv-array.h b/argv-array.h
index 40248d4..e805748 100644
--- a/argv-array.h
+++ b/argv-array.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *, const char *fmt, ...);
 void argv_array_push(struct argv_array *, const char *);
 __attribute__((format (printf,2,3)))
 void argv_array_pushf(struct argv_array *, const char *fmt, ...);
+__attribute__((sentinel))
 void argv_array_pushl(struct argv_array *, ...);
 void argv_array_pop(struct argv_array *);
 void argv_array_clear(struct argv_array *);
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 0401fdb..b8b5174 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static int option_parse_x(const struct option *opt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+__attribute__((sentinel))
 static void verify_opt_compatible(const char *me, const char *base_opt, ...)
 {
 	const char *this_opt;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ static void verify_opt_compatible(const char *me, const char *base_opt, ...)
 		die(_("%s: %s cannot be used with %s"), me, this_opt, base_opt);
 }
 
+__attribute__((sentinel))
 static void verify_opt_mutually_compatible(const char *me, ...)
 {
 	const char *opt1, *opt2 = NULL;
diff --git a/exec_cmd.h b/exec_cmd.h
index e2b546b..307b55c 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.h
+++ b/exec_cmd.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extern int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv); /* NULL terminated */
 extern void setup_path(void);
 extern const char **prepare_git_cmd(const char **argv);
 extern int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv); /* NULL terminated */
+__attribute__((sentinel))
 extern int execl_git_cmd(const char *cmd, ...);
 extern const char *system_path(const char *path);
 
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 221ce33..0a47679 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ extern char *find_hook(const char *name);
 int run_command(struct child_process *);
 
 extern char *find_hook(const char *name);
+__attribute__((sentinel))
 extern int run_hook(const char *index_file, const char *name, ...);
 
 #define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN 1
-- 
1.8.3.rc3.24.gec82cb9
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  3. Jeff KingJul 9, 2013
  4. Matt KraaiJul 9, 2013
  5. Jeff KingJul 10, 2013
  6. 1/3 add missing "format" function attributesJeff King, Jul 10, 2013
  7. 2/3 use "sentinel" function attribute for variadic listsJeff King, Jul 10, 2013
  8. 3/3 wt-status: use "format" function attribute for status_printfJeff King, Jul 10, 2013
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