Initialize locals reported as maybe-uninitialized - #4573
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-Wmaybe-uninitialized reports `vll` as maybe-uninitialized in the three ziplist->listpack conversion callbacks in rdb.c. It is a false positive: ziplistGet() writes *sval only for integer entries, which is exactly the branch (str == NULL) that reads vll. Initialize vll to make the invariant explicit and quiet the warning. str and slen are intentionally left alone: ziplistGet() always writes *sstr, and slen is only read on the string branch where ziplistGet() has written it. Signed-off-by: Daniel Gershkovich <dgershko@gmail.com>
-Wmaybe-uninitialized reports two locals as maybe-uninitialized: - module.c, VM_CreateStringFromCallReply: `len` is a false positive. It is written by callReplyGetString() in exactly the reply-type cases that read it; the integer case shadows it with its own `len` and the default returns early. - debug.c, get_ready_to_signal_threads_tids: `tid` is read after string2l() without checking its return value, so a non-numeric task directory name would read it uninitialized. This cannot happen today (/proc task names are numeric), but the read is not obviously safe. Initialize both to make the reads well-defined and silence the warning. Signed-off-by: Daniel Gershkovich <dgershko@gmail.com>
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458-465: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winKeep unrelated feature changes out of the local-initialization cleanup.
The current cohort is scoped to warning cleanup, but it also adds new DEBUG commands and changes RDB LZF allocation. Split these changes into their feature commits.
- src/debug.c#L458-L465: Move the failover help entries to the failover feature change.
- src/debug.c#L666-L683: Move the failover command handlers to the failover feature change.
- src/debug.c#L1150-L1160: Move
BIO-DRAINto the BIO feature change.- src/rdb.c#L65-L68: Move
LZF_MIN_BUFFER_SIZEto the LZF allocation change.- src/rdb.c#L454-L461: Move the LZF allocation changes to the LZF feature change.
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- Around line 458-465: Keep this cohort limited to local initialization cleanup:
in src/debug.c lines 458-465 and 666-683, move the failover help entries and
command handlers to the failover feature change; in src/debug.c lines 1150-1160,
move BIO-DRAIN to the BIO feature change; in src/rdb.c lines 65-68 and 454-461,
move LZF_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE and the LZF allocation changes to the LZF feature
change. Preserve minimal, backportable changes without unrelated refactoring.
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as a rule I'd prefer we avoid initializing locals purely to silence -Wmaybe-uninitialized. A default like = 0 makes the read well-defined, but it has two downsides: if a genuinely-unset path is ever introduced later, the code silently proceeds with the sentinel instead of failing loudly; and — more importantly — it blinds MemorySanitizer/Valgrind, which can only flag reads of uninitialized memory. So a reflexive initializer tends to convert a detectable bug into a silent, deterministic wrong value.
For the rdb.c and module.c cases here the value is always written on the path that reads it, so these are true false positives and the = 0 hides nothing — I'm fine with them. Worth noting these are almost certainly artifacts of a specific (newer) GCC + LTO
Where it's practical, I'd rather see the read restructured so the write provably dominates it, or the unset case handled explicitly, rather than defaulting the variable. debug.c is the one spot where that applies: string2l()'s return is unchecked, so checking it and continue-ing is cleaner than tid = 0 — it removes the warning at its source instead of masking the (currently unreachable) unset path.
Co-authored-by: Ran Shidlansik <ranshid@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: dgershko <94839021+dgershko@users.noreply.github.com>
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Please do not initialize variables like this. Initialization should be used when the initial value has meaning. If we intend to use the variable, we will use a MEANINGFUL value.
Blind initialization just to suppress a compiler warning is almost always the wrong thing to do. The compiler is trying to tell us something and blind initialization tricks the compiler into thinking that the assigned value is MEANINGFUL - when, in fact, it's no better than an uninitialized value.
In all of these cases, there is a better solution.
| /* the thread's directory name is equivalent to its tid. */ | ||
| long tid; | ||
| string2l(entry->d_name, strlen(entry->d_name), &tid); | ||
| long tid = 0; |
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Ran is correct that the real issue is that we weren't checking the result from string2l. Now that it's fixed (Ran's suggestion was applied) - we no longer need the false initialization.
| long tid = 0; | |
| long tid; |
| ValkeyModuleString *VM_CreateStringFromCallReply(ValkeyModuleCallReply *reply) { | ||
| ValkeyModuleCtx *ctx = callReplyGetPrivateData(reply); | ||
| size_t len; | ||
| size_t len = 0; |
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This masks the real issue. The real issue, below, is that callReplyGetString can return null - and that's not being checked. Please fix the code rather than masking the issue with an artificial initialization.
| unsigned char *str; | ||
| unsigned int slen; | ||
| long long vll; | ||
| long long vll = 0; |
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These 3 cases with ziplistGet aren't completely false positives.
The logic says that if str is NULL, that means that vll is valid. However, that's not a completely true statement. Inside ziplistGet, sstr is computed mathematically:
*sstr = p + entry.headersize;In theory, the result of this addition might be NULL. And, if so, the caller is accessing sval which hasn't been initialized.
The ultimate fault here is that the function itself is rather confusing. The fix would be more correct in zipListGet. I suspect that this would clarify that the result of the addition is not NULL:
*sstr = p + entry.headersize;
assert(*sstr);4 participants
-Wmaybe-uninitialized reports several locals as maybe-uninitialized. None is a
live bug.
rdb.c, the three ziplist->listpack conversion callbacks:vllis a falsepositive —
ziplistGet()writes*svalon exactly the integer-entry branch(
str == NULL) that readsvll.str/slenneed no change.module.cVM_CreateStringFromCallReply:lenis a false positive — writtenby
callReplyGetString()in the reply-type cases that read it; the integercase shadows it and
defaultreturns early.debug.cget_ready_to_signal_threads_tids:string2l()'s return isunchecked, so a non-numeric task dir name would read
tiduninitialized(can't happen today — /proc task names are numeric).
Initialize each to make the reads well-defined and silence the warning.