Re: [PATCH 1/2] dir.c: fix uninitialized memory warning

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On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Pat Notz <patnotz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I don't see any case that "size" can be used uninitialized. Maybe the
>> compiler was confused by
>>
>> if (!check_index ||
>>    (buf = read_skip_worktree_file_from_index(fname, &size)) == NULL)
>>        return -1;
>>
>
> No, line 245: if(size==0)

The only chance for that line to be executed is read_skip_*() is
executed and returns non-NULL buf. read_skip*() returns a non-NULL
buffer at the end of function and does set size right before
returning.

To me it looks like a false alarm. But again, no objection to the patch.
-- 
Duy
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