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Re: [PATCH 2/2] nedmalloc: work around overzealous GCC 6 warning

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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Aug 5, 2016, 05:40 UTC
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Am 05.08.2016 um 07:36 schrieb Johannes Sixt:
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> Am 05.08.2016 um 00:39 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> @@ -955,12 +955,10 @@ void **nedpindependent_comalloc(nedpool *p,
>> size_t elems, size_t *sizes, void **
>>   */
>>  char *strdup(const char *s1)
>>  {
>> -    char *s2 = 0;
>> -    if (s1) {
>> -        size_t len = strlen(s1) + 1;
>> -        s2 = malloc(len);
>> +    size_t len = strlen(s1) + 1;
>> +    s2 = malloc(len);
>> +    if (s1)
>
> It does not make sense to check s1 for NULL when it was passed to
> strlen() earlier; strlen() does not accept NULL, either...
Oh! This is a typo. You meant to check s2 for NULL.
And the declaration for s2 should remain, of course.
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>
>>          memcpy(s2, s1, len);
>> -    }
>>      return s2;
>>  }
>>  #endif
-- Hannes
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Message 10 of 17 in “Patches to let Git build with GCC 6 and DEVELOPER=SureWhyNot”
  1. 0/2 Patches to let Git build with GCC 6 and DEVELOPER=SureWhyNotJohannes Schindelin, Aug 4, 2016
  2. 1/2 nedmalloc: fix misleading indentationJohannes Schindelin, Aug 4, 2016
  3. 2/2 nedmalloc: work around overzealous GCC 6 warningJohannes Schindelin, Aug 4, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2016
  5. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2016
  6. René ScharfeAug 4, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2016
  9. Johannes SixtAug 5, 2016
  10. Johannes SixtAug 5, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2016
  12. Jeff KingAug 5, 2016
  13. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2016
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2016
  15. Johannes SchindelinAug 6, 2016
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2016
  17. René ScharfeAug 5, 2016

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