commit c9cac69ac68d8cdc66d3592f0812988336a1cf8d Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Thu Aug 21 10:27:43 2014 -0400
Remove a dead check for errmsg in handle_control_authenticate
Coverity doesn't like doing NULL checks on things that can't be NULL; I like checking things where the logic for their not being NULL is nontrivial. Let's compromise, and make it obvious that this field can't be NULL.
[Coverity CID 202004] --- src/or/control.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/or/control.c b/src/or/control.c index 11a8530..b3a9dd6 100644 --- a/src/or/control.c +++ b/src/or/control.c @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ handle_control_authenticate(control_connection_t *conn, uint32_t len, { int used_quoted_string = 0; const or_options_t *options = get_options(); - const char *errstr = NULL; + const char *errstr = "Unknown error"; char *password; size_t password_len; const char *cp; @@ -1199,8 +1199,7 @@ handle_control_authenticate(control_connection_t *conn, uint32_t len,
err: tor_free(password); - connection_printf_to_buf(conn, "515 Authentication failed: %s\r\n", - errstr ? errstr : "Unknown reason."); + connection_printf_to_buf(conn, "515 Authentication failed: %s\r\n", errstr); connection_mark_for_close(TO_CONN(conn)); return 0; ok: