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From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: "bug-gnulib@gnu.org List" <bug-gnulib@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: gl_array_list.c:452:29: runtime error: applying zero offset to null pointer
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:46:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH8yC8km8rq+TL1Or8JUBWngRiQ83cGkW6SYF7+BzyFT=MiWFw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ddce3aa-26de-3e4e-a586-e55bf6918457@cs.ucla.edu>

On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 4:02 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> On 10/21/21 12:38, Paweł Krawczyk wrote:
>
> > gl_array_list.c:452:29: runtime error: applying zero offset to null pointer
> > SUMMARY: UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer: undefined-behavior gl_array_list.c:452:29 in
>
> The Gnulib portability assumptions
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Other-portability-assumptions.html>
> say it's OK to add 0 to a null pointer. If you have a real platform
> (i.e., not a pedantic testing framework) where this is an issue, please
> let us know. Otherwise you might look into some way to have clang not
> nag you about this non-problem.

I believe that's undefined behavior. NULL is not a valid object. I
think the tools are correct in producing a finding.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26906621

Jeff


  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-02  0:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-21 19:38 gl_array_list.c:452:29: runtime error: applying zero offset to null pointer Paweł Krawczyk
2021-11-01 19:21 ` Paul Eggert
2021-11-02  0:46   ` Jeffrey Walton [this message]
2021-11-02  1:13     ` Paul Eggert
2022-02-26 19:57       ` Paul Eggert

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