On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 3:00 PM Gedare Bloom <ged...@rtems.org> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:38 AM suyash singh <suyashsingh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Yes it is showing for unused values > > > > For example at line 262 in > https://scan5.coverity.com/reports.htm#v53137/p10069/fileInstanceId=164938787&defectInstanceId=45953284&mergedDefectId=1399751 > > > That appears to be legitimate. Analysis now has to be made whether the > value written should have been consumed somewhere, or if it is OK to > remove the assignment. >
Thanks for the analysis but please remember that Scan requires an account. When asking about a specific piece of code, it is better to link to the lone using git.rtems.org. I am out of town and on my phone. I could probably comment looking at git, but not with a scan link. That site is way too busy for a small screen. :) --joel > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:21 PM Joel Sherrill <j...@rtems.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:47 AM suyash singh <suyashsingh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Coverity shows value_overwrite errors for variables which are > reassigned new values. What should be the procedure to prevent these? > >> > >> > >> When I have seen these in the past, they indicate a case where a > variable is assigned > >> and assigned later without the first value being used. Is this what you > are seeing? > >> > >> What file and line? > >> > >> We sometimes assign a variable 0 when declaring it to avoid gcc warning > about used > >> before initialized. It wouldn't surprise me if Scan didn't always like > that. > >> > >> --joel > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> devel mailing list > >>> devel@rtems.org > >>> http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > devel@rtems.org > > http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >
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