Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] decompress_bunzip2: fix sizeof type in start_bunzip | From | Tom Rix <> | Date | Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:12:43 -0700 |
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On 7/12/20 6:09 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 2020-07-12 05:59, trix@redhat.com wrote: >> From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com> >> >> clang static analysis flags this error >> >> lib/decompress_bunzip2.c:671:13: warning: Result of 'malloc' is converted >> to a pointer of type 'unsigned int', which is incompatible with sizeof >> operand type 'int' [unix.MallocSizeof] >> bd->dbuf = large_malloc(bd->dbufSize * sizeof(int)); >> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Reviewing the bunzip_data structure, the element dbuf is type >> >> /* Intermediate buffer and its size (in bytes) */ >> unsigned int *dbuf, dbufSize; >> >> So change the type in sizeof to 'unsigned int' >> > You must be kidding. > > If you want to change it, change it to sizeof(bd->dbuf) instead, but this flag > is at least in my opinion a total joke. For sizeof(int) != sizeof(unsigned > int) is beyond bizarre, no matter how stupid the platform.
Using the actual type is more correct that using a type of the same size.
trix
> -hpa >
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