When compiling with Coverity, the STATIC_ANALYSIS was set to true which triggered the ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL check from src/internal.h. Since virClassNew now expects to be called with NULL under a special condition, this check is no longer valid. --- src/util/virobject.h | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/virobject.h b/src/util/virobject.h index bb72a25..f58a950 100644 --- a/src/util/virobject.h +++ b/src/util/virobject.h @@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ virClassPtr virClassForObjectLockable(void); virClassPtr virClassNew(virClassPtr parent, const char *name, size_t objectSize, - virObjectDisposeCallback dispose) - ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1); + virObjectDisposeCallback dispose); const char *virClassName(virClassPtr klass) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1); -- 1.7.11.7