gcc on arch linux (version 7.1.1) warns that a NULL argument is passed as the second parameter of memcpy. In file included from refs.c:5:0: refs.c: In function ‘ref_transaction_verify’: cache.h:948:2: error: argument 2 null where non-null expected [-Werror=nonnull] memcpy(sha_dst, sha_src, GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from git-compat-util.h:165:0, from cache.h:4, from refs.c:5: /usr/include/string.h:43:14: note: in a call to function ‘memcpy’ declared here extern void *memcpy (void *__restrict __dest, const void *__restrict __src, ^~~~~~ Tracking this error down, we can track it back to ref_transaction_add_update. where the call to hashcpy is however protected by the flags that are passed in. To make sure there's no code path where the wrong flags are passed in, and to help the compiler realize that no NULL parameter is passed as second argument to hashcpy, add asserts that this is indeed the case. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> --- This is based on top of ma/ts-cleanups, as that fixes another compiler warning with gcc 7.1.1. refs.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index ba22f4acef..d8c12a9c44 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -896,10 +896,14 @@ struct ref_update *ref_transaction_add_update( update->flags = flags; - if (flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) + if (flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) { + assert(new_sha1); hashcpy(update->new_oid.hash, new_sha1); - if (flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) + } + if (flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) { + assert(old_sha1); hashcpy(update->old_oid.hash, old_sha1); + } update->msg = xstrdup_or_null(msg); return update; } -- 2.14.1.480.gb18f417b89