From: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:02:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [Bug] hook: -Wanalyzer-deref-before-check warning in run_hooks_opt
Message-ID: <7BD989A0-30B1-418E-9257-1731724DCB72@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <aWDm_n2YgjvaRmpV@pks.im>


> Le 9 janv. 2026 à 06:31, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> a écrit :

[snip]

> And we'd reliably
> segfault anyway if we dereference the pointer, even though we would not
> get a clean error message. Not sure whether that really is worth the
> hassle though.

I think you’re probably right in practice, but doesn’t the standard just say dereferencing a NULL pointer is undefined behavior? Just wondering for my own curiosity :)

Best,
Ben