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[PATCH 3/4] load_revindex_from_disk(): avoid accessing uninitialized data

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Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 27, 2025, 12:43 UTC
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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

The `revindex_size` value is uninitialized in case the function is erroring out, but we want to assign its value. Let's just initialize it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 pack-revindex.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index d3832478d99..3b007d771b3 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int load_revindex_from_disk(char *revindex_name,
 	int fd, ret = 0;
 	struct stat st;
 	void *data = NULL;
-	size_t revindex_size;
+	size_t revindex_size = 0;
 	struct revindex_header *hdr;
 
 	if (git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_REV_INDEX_DIE_ON_DISK, 0))
-- 
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  1. 0/4 Initialize a few uninitialized variablesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 27, 2025
  2. 1/4 cat_one_file(): make it easy to see that the `size` variable is initializedJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 27, 2025
  3. Jeff KingMar 28, 2025
  4. 2/4 fsck: avoid using an uninitialized variableJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 27, 2025
  5. Jeff KingMar 28, 2025
  6. 3/4 load_revindex_from_disk(): avoid accessing uninitialized dataJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 27, 2025
  7. Taylor BlauMar 27, 2025
  8. 4/4 load_pack_mtimes_file(): avoid accessing uninitialized dataJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 27, 2025
  9. Taylor BlauMar 27, 2025
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2025

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