I ran libguestfs through llvm+clang, today, [http://clang.llvm.org/StaticAnalysis.html] It found only two things worth changing -- neither is a real problems. Adding the noreturn makes it so the tool understands line 541 of guestfs.c is truly reachable only for non-NULL "p": 540 if (!p) g->abort_cb (); 541 memcpy (p, ptr, size); > From 41f8b506924243d4fd7570913fbbbd9f8040e11f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering<meyering(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:51:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH libguestfs 1/2] maint: guestfs.c: remove unnecessary initialization * src/guestfs.c (guestfs__receive_file_sync): Don't set "r", only to ignore it. --- src/guestfs.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/guestfs.c b/src/guestfs.c index 145f0f3..20afb63 100644 --- a/src/guestfs.c +++ b/src/guestfs.c @@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ guestfs__receive_file_sync (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename) return -1; } - while ((r = receive_file_data_sync (g, NULL, NULL))> 0) + while (receive_file_data_sync (g, NULL, NULL)> 0) ; /* just discard it */ return -1; -- 1.6.4.2.384.g5fc62 > From 97ef6a82ed32404b751a23b6658e0f9c7ab3298c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering<meyering(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:29:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH libguestfs 2/2] maint: guestfs.c: avoid warning about possible NULL deref from llvm/clang * src/guestfs.h (guestfs_abort_cb): Declare with attribute noreturn. --- src/guestfs.h | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/guestfs.h b/src/guestfs.h index f2e108b..6412a53 100644 --- a/src/guestfs.h +++ b/src/guestfs.h @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern void guestfs_close (guestfs_h *g); extern const char *guestfs_last_error (guestfs_h *g); typedef void (*guestfs_error_handler_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *data, const char *msg); -typedef void (*guestfs_abort_cb) (void); +typedef void (*guestfs_abort_cb) (void) __attribute__((__noreturn__)); extern void guestfs_set_error_handler (guestfs_h *g, guestfs_error_handler_cb cb, void *data); extern guestfs_error_handler_cb guestfs_get_error_handler (guestfs_h *g, void **data_rtn); -- 1.6.4.2.384.g5fc62