Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] vsh: add a necessary assertion

This fixes the compilation error (compiled with the compiler option '-03'). In file included from ../../tools/vsh.c:28:0: ../../tools/vsh.c: In function 'vshCommandOptStringQuiet': ../../tools/vsh.c:838:30: error: potential null pointer dereference [-Werror=null-dereference] assert(!needData || valid->type != VSH_OT_BOOL); Signed-off-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; Reviewed-by: Boris Fiuczynski <fiuczy(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- tools/vsh.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/vsh.c b/tools/vsh.c index e878119b988f..677eb9db3e41 100644 --- a/tools/vsh.c +++ b/tools/vsh.c @@ -816,8 +816,8 @@ vshCommandFree(vshCmd *cmd) * to the option if found, 0 with *OPT set to NULL if the name is * valid and the option is not required, -1 with *OPT set to NULL if * the option is required but not present, and assert if NAME is not - * valid (which indicates a programming error). No error messages are - * issued if a value is returned. + * valid or the option was not found (which indicates a programming + * error). No error messages are issued if a value is returned. */ static int vshCommandOpt(const vshCmd *cmd, const char *name, vshCmdOpt **opt, @@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ vshCommandOpt(const vshCmd *cmd, const char *name, vshCmdOpt **opt, break; valid++; } + assert(valid); +

assert(!needData || valid->type != VSH_OT_BOOL); if (valid->flags & VSH_OFLAG_REQ) ret = -1;