GNU bug report logs - #50767
28.0.50; Warnings about snprintf in image.c on armv7l

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Reported by: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:05:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 50767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, alan <at> idiocy.org
Subject: bug#50767: 28.0.50; Warnings about snprintf in image.c on armv7l
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:00:48 +0300

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>,  50767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:42:24 +0100
> 
> > AFAIR, there's no need to check the return value of xmalloc, because
> > it doesn't return if it cannot allocate memory.
> 
> Are you thinking about xalloc?

No, I'm thinking xmalloc.

> If not, could you please point me to the part of xmalloc that
> doesn't return (except for the !initialized branch in memory_full)?
> I'm afraid I couldn't spot it.

This part:

  if (!val && size)
    memory_full (size);
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