RFR(XS): 8197931: Null pointer dereference in Unique_Node_List::push of node.hpp:1510

Per Liden per.liden at oracle.com
Thu Mar 22 11:17:39 UTC 2018


On 03/22/2018 11:53 AM, Roland Westrelin wrote:
> 
> Hi Per,
> 
>> It seems this patch only adds a number of asserts, so I'm curious as to
>> how this avoids the NULL pointer issue? Am I missing something here?
> 
> There's no NULL pointer issue. The asserts were added to appease a static
> code analysis tool (parfait).

Ah, that explains it! Thanks!

/Per

> 
> Roland.
> 


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