On 15 August 2017 at 16:17, Torsten Bögershausen <tbo...@web.de> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:53:01PM +0200, Martin Ågren wrote: >> convert_attrs populates a struct conv_attrs. The field attr_action is >> not set in all code paths, but still one caller unconditionally reads >> it. Since git_check_attr always returns the same value, we'll always end >> up in the same code path and there is no problem right now. But >> convert_attrs is obviously trying not to rely on such an >> implementation-detail of another component. >> >> Initialize attr_action to CRLF_UNDEFINED in the dead code path. >> >> Actually, in the code path that /is/ taken, the variable is assigned to >> twice and the first assignment has no effect. That's not wrong, but >> let's remove that first assignment while we're here. >> >> Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.ag...@gmail.com> >> --- >> I hit a warning about attr_action possibly being uninitialized when >> building with SANITIZE=thread. I guess it's some random interaction >> between code added by tsan, the optimizer (-O3) and the warning >> machinery. (This was with gcc 5.4.0.) >> >> convert.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c >> index 1012462e3..943d957b4 100644 >> --- a/convert.c >> +++ b/convert.c >> @@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ static void convert_attrs(struct conv_attrs *ca, const >> char *path) >> ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 4); >> if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED) >> ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 0); >> - ca->attr_action = ca->crlf_action; > > I don't think the removal of that line is correct.
(Thanks for confirming in a follow-up mail that you meant that you /do/ think the removal is correct.) > >> ca->ident = git_path_check_ident(ccheck + 1); >> ca->drv = git_path_check_convert(ccheck + 2); >> if (ca->crlf_action != CRLF_BINARY) { >> @@ -1058,6 +1057,7 @@ static void convert_attrs(struct conv_attrs *ca, const >> char *path) >> } else { >> ca->drv = NULL; >> ca->crlf_action = CRLF_UNDEFINED; >> + ca->attr_action = CRLF_UNDEFINED; > > But this one can be avoided, when the line > ca->attr_action = ca->crlf_action; > would move completely out of the "if/else" block. > >> ca->ident = 0; >> } >> if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_TEXT) >> -- >> 2.14.1.151.gdfeca7a7e >> > > Thanks for spotting my mess. > What do you think about the following: > > > diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c > index 1012462e3c..fd91b91ada 100644 > --- a/convert.c > +++ b/convert.c > @@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ static void convert_attrs(struct conv_attrs *ca, const > char *path) > ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 4); > if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED) > ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 0); > - ca->attr_action = ca->crlf_action; > ca->ident = git_path_check_ident(ccheck + 1); > ca->drv = git_path_check_convert(ccheck + 2); > if (ca->crlf_action != CRLF_BINARY) { > @@ -1060,6 +1059,8 @@ static void convert_attrs(struct conv_attrs *ca, const > char *path) > ca->crlf_action = CRLF_UNDEFINED; > ca->ident = 0; > } > + /* Save attr and make a decision for action */ > + ca->attr_action = ca->crlf_action; > if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_TEXT) > ca->crlf_action = text_eol_is_crlf() ? CRLF_TEXT_CRLF : > CRLF_TEXT_INPUT; > if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED && auto_crlf == AUTO_CRLF_FALSE) Yeah, makes lots of sense. Then we could also remove the second assignment to attr_action. That is, this function would set attr_action at one place, always. I'll do this in a v2. Thanks.