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Re: [PATCH] Fix maybe-uninitialized warnings found by gcc 9 -flto

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 5, 2019, 22:48 UTC
Message-ID
<20190905224859.GA28660@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20190905082459.26816-1-s-beyer@gmx.net>
On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 10:24:59AM +0200, Stephan Beyer wrote:
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> Compiler heuristics for detection of potentially uninitialized variables
> may change between compiler versions and enabling link-time optimization
> may find new warnings.  Indeed, compiling with gcc 9.2.1 and enabled
> link-time optimization feature resulted in a few hits that are fixed by
> this patch in the most naïve way.  This allows to compile git using the
> DEVELOPER=1 switch (which sets -Werror) and using the -flto flag.

Lots of discussion in this thread. Let's try to turn it into some patches. :)

After the patches below, I can compile cleanly with gcc 9.2.1 using -flto with both -O2 and -O3 (some of the cases only seemed to trigger for me with -O3).

I've ordered them in decreasing value. The first one is a real bugfix, the second is a related cleanup. The next 3 are appeasing the compiler, but I think are a good idea (but note I went more for root causes than your originals). The last one is perhaps more controversial, but IMHO worth doing.

  [1/6]: git-am: handle missing "author" when parsing commit
  [2/6]: pack-objects: use object_id in packlist_alloc()
  [3/6]: bulk-checkin: zero-initialize hashfile_checkpoint
  [4/6]: diff-delta: set size out-parameter to 0 for NULL delta
  [5/6]: test-read-cache: drop namelen variable
  [6/6]: pack-objects: drop packlist index_pos optimization
 builtin/am.c               |  4 +++-
 builtin/pack-objects.c     | 33 ++++++++++++++-------------------
 bulk-checkin.c             |  2 +-
 diff-delta.c               |  2 ++
 pack-bitmap-write.c        |  2 +-
 pack-bitmap.c              |  2 +-
 pack-objects.c             | 20 ++++++++++----------
 pack-objects.h             |  6 ++----
 t/helper/test-read-cache.c |  5 ++---
 9 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
-Peff
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Jeff King
Message 12 of 23 in “Fix maybe-uninitialized warnings found by gcc 9 -flto”
  1. Fix maybe-uninitialized warnings found by gcc 9 -fltoStephan Beyer, Sep 5, 2019
  2. René ScharfeSep 5, 2019
  3. Jeff KingSep 5, 2019
  4. René ScharfeSep 5, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2019
  6. René ScharfeSep 5, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2019
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2019
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2019
  10. Jeff KingSep 5, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2019
  12. Jeff KingSep 5, 2019
  13. 1/6 git-am: handle missing "author" when parsing commitJeff King, Sep 5, 2019
  14. 2/6 pack-objects: use object_id in packlist_alloc()Jeff King, Sep 5, 2019
  15. 3/6 bulk-checkin: zero-initialize hashfile_checkpointJeff King, Sep 5, 2019
  16. 4/6 diff-delta: set size out-parameter to 0 for NULL deltaJeff King, Sep 5, 2019
  17. Stephan BeyerSep 5, 2019
  18. Jeff KingSep 5, 2019
  19. Stephan BeyerSep 5, 2019
  20. Jeff KingSep 6, 2019
  21. 6/6 pack-objects: drop packlist index_pos optimizationJeff King, Sep 6, 2019
  22. 5/6 test-read-cache: drop namelen variableJeff King, Sep 5, 2019
  23. 6/6 pack-objects: drop packlist index_pos optimizationJeff King, Sep 5, 2019

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