Bug 116272

Summary:	used before set + arithmetic on void *
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	d.binderman
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
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Description d.binderman 2004-02-19 16:39:40 UTC

Description of problem:

I just tried to compile development package binutils-2.14.90.0.8-4

The compiler said

1.

../../binutils/objcopy.c(2058): warning #1338: arithmetic on pointer
to void or
function type
../../binutils/objcopy.c(2060): warning #1338: arithmetic on pointer
to void or
function type

The source code is

          char *from = memhunk + copy_byte;
          char *to = memhunk;
          char *end = memhunk + size;

Strictly speaking, the compiler is correct. Suggest add cast to char *
for both uses of memhunk.

2.

../../gas/stabs.c(523): remark #592: variable "buf" is used before its
value is
set

The source code is

  char *buf;
  char *tmp = file;
  char *endp = file + strlen (file);
  char *bufp = buf;

Clearly broken code. Suggest init buf before first use.



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Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2004-02-19 17:14:35 UTC

I've commited the fix to binutils CVS, but there is no point to
issue any errata about this, as all these warnings are harmless.
In stabs.c there is bufp = buf = a few lines bellow and the variables
aren't used before it appart fromthe bogus initialization and
GCC which is the only compiler we use to build binutils has void *
pointer arithmetics extension.
Thanks for reporting this.