Avoid static analyzer warnings regarding uninitialized arguments

random-zebra · random-zebra · commit 3dd559d32bc1 · 2020-05-28T02:13:37.000+02:00
- backports bitcoin/bitcoin@6835cb0 Avoid static analyzer warnings regarding "Function call argument is a pointer to uninitialized value" in cases where we are intentionally using such arguments. This is achieved by using ... `f(b.begin(), b.end())` (`std::array<char, N>`) ... instead of ... `f(b, b + N)` (`char b[N]`) Rationale: * Reduce false positives by guiding static analyzers regarding our intentions. Before this commit: ``` $ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/base58.cpp bench/base58.cpp:23:9: warning: Function call argument is a pointer to uninitialized value [clang-analyzer-core.CallAndMessage] EncodeBase58(b, b + 32); ^ $ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/verify_script.cpp bench/verify_script.cpp:59:5: warning: Function call argument is a pointer to uninitialized value [clang-analyzer-core.CallAndMessage] key.Set(vchKey, vchKey + 32, false); ^ $ ``` After this commit: ``` $ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/base58.cpp $ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/verify_script.cpp $ ```
diff --git a/src/bench/base58.cpp b/src/bench/base58.cpp
@@ -13,28 +13,30 @@
 
 static void Base58Encode(benchmark::State& state)
 {
-    unsigned char buff[32] = {
-        17, 79, 8, 99, 150, 189, 208, 162, 22, 23, 203, 163, 36, 58, 147,
-        227, 139, 2, 215, 100, 91, 38, 11, 141, 253, 40, 117, 21, 16, 90,
-        200, 24
+    static const std::array<unsigned char, 32> buff = {
+        {
+            17, 79, 8, 99, 150, 189, 208, 162, 22, 23, 203, 163, 36, 58, 147,
+            227, 139, 2, 215, 100, 91, 38, 11, 141, 253, 40, 117, 21, 16, 90,
+            200, 24
+        }
     };
-    unsigned char* b = buff;
     while (state.KeepRunning()) {
-        EncodeBase58(b, b + 32);
+        EncodeBase58(buff.begin(), buff.end());
     }
 }
 
 
 static void Base58CheckEncode(benchmark::State& state)
 {
-    unsigned char buff[32] = {
-        17, 79, 8, 99, 150, 189, 208, 162, 22, 23, 203, 163, 36, 58, 147,
-        227, 139, 2, 215, 100, 91, 38, 11, 141, 253, 40, 117, 21, 16, 90,
-        200, 24
+    static const std::array<unsigned char, 32> buff = {
+        {
+            17, 79, 8, 99, 150, 189, 208, 162, 22, 23, 203, 163, 36, 58, 147,
+            227, 139, 2, 215, 100, 91, 38, 11, 141, 253, 40, 117, 21, 16, 90,
+            200, 24
+        }
     };
-    unsigned char* b = buff;
     std::vector<unsigned char> vch;
-    vch.assign(b, b + 32);
+    vch.assign(buff.begin(), buff.end());
     while (state.KeepRunning()) {
         EncodeBase58Check(vch);
     }
