From: brian m. carlson Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:11:24 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] repository: fix a sparse 'using integer a NULL pointer' warning Message-ID: <20170822021124.4bmlzpdocgheo55b@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> In-Reply-To: <91150cfc-3271-16b0-33d3-9a4e149dc9fe@ramsayjones.plus.com> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 04:48:42PM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote: > > Commit 67a9dfcc00 ("hash-algo: integrate hash algorithm support with > repo setup", 21-08-2017) added a 'const struct git_hash_algo *hash_algo' > field to the repository structure, without modifying the initializer > of the 'the_repo' variable. This does not actually introduce a bug, > since the '0' initializer for the 'ignore_env:1' bit-field is > interpreted as a NULL pointer (hence the warning), and the final field > (now with no initializer) receives a default '0'. > > Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones > --- > > Hi Brian, > > If you need to re-roll your 'bc/hash-algo' branch, could you please > squash this into the relevant patch. Of course, thanks. I'll almost certainly be doing a reroll since it's an RFC series and I expect to get more feedback on it. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US https://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: https://keybase.io/bk2204