Re: bin/50965: src/usr.bin/sort/msort.c: 2 * read uninit data ?

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/50965; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/50965: src/usr.bin/sort/msort.c: 2 * read uninit data ?
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 05:54:55 +0000

 On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 08:00:01PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
  >  | src/usr.bin/sort/msort.c:383]: (error) Uninitialized struct member: prec.data
  >  | 
  >  |     prec = malloc(offsetof(RECHEADER, data[DEFLLEN]));
  >  |     prec_end = prec->data + DEFLLEN;
  >  | 
  >  
  >  The checker is wrong.
 
 To clarify: crec->data is an array, so its address is set by the
 assignment of prec.
 
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 David A. Holland
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