Would you please check libntp/systime.c
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Tue Jun 7 23:43:46 UTC 2016
esr at thyrsus.com said:
>> Why didn't any of the other tools notice this? The code isn't
particularly
>> complicated.
> I don't know. It does seem like the sort of error a static analyzer should
> spot.
Should we feed them a test case?
esr at thyrsus.com said:
> The assignment to tvlast doesn't make sense. It's a local variable so goes
> away with the return.
> Right, I've fixed it. ...
Thanks.
> That logging code is really dodgy. It's unconditionally disabled in Classic.
> I fixed it, because I could, and then later broke it by deleting the tvlast
> setting. I should probably just rip it out.
> I keep thinking that whenever I look at it, but it's kind of a cute use for
> those logging channels and I haven't been able to make myself pull the
> trigger yet.
I vote to keep it.
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