[10] RFR(S) 8194988: 8 Null pointer dereference defect groups related to MultiNode::proj_out()

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Very good.

Thanks,
Vladimir

On 1/17/18 10:16 AM, dean.long at oracle.com wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dlong/8194988/webrev/
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> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8194988
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> I introduced MultiNode::proj_out_or_null() for paths that either check 
> the result before dereferencing or don't dereference at all.  Paths that 
> dereference without checking the return value will continue using 
> proj_out(), where I added an assert that the return value is not NULL. 
> This preserves current behavior except that we will assert instead of 
> trapping with SEGV, and it makes the static analyzer happy.
> 
> 
> dl
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