File U_18-Initialize-valp-up-front.patch of Package slurm.32299

From: Tim Wickberg <tim@schedmd.com>
Date: Wed Nov 29 15:29:20 2023 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 18/28]Initialize *valp up front.
Patch-mainline: Upstream
Git-repo: https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm
Git-commit: 5ce6fd0fda26b4268621baa343d0fb192d283223
References: bsc#1218046, bsc#1218050, bsc#1218051, bsc#1218053
Signed-off-by: Egbert Eich <eich@suse.de>

---
 src/common/pack.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common/pack.c b/src/common/pack.c
index cc27ab5b14..3e27f9dc79 100644
--- a/src/common/pack.c
+++ b/src/common/pack.c
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ void packmem(char *valp, uint32_t size_val, Buf buffer)
  */
 int unpackmem_ptr(char **valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
 {
+	*valp = NULL;
 	safe_unpack32(size_valp, buffer);
 
 	if (*size_valp > MAX_ARRAY_LEN_LARGE) {
@@ -863,8 +864,7 @@ int unpackmem_ptr(char **valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
 			return SLURM_ERROR;
 		*valp = &buffer->head[buffer->processed];
 		buffer->processed += *size_valp;
-	} else
-		*valp = NULL;
+	}
 	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 
 unpack_error:
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ int unpackmem(char *valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
  */
 int unpackmem_xmalloc(char **valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
 {
+	*valp = NULL;
 	safe_unpack32(size_valp, buffer);
 
 	if (*size_valp > MAX_ARRAY_LEN_LARGE) {
@@ -931,8 +932,7 @@ int unpackmem_xmalloc(char **valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
 		memcpy(*valp, &buffer->head[buffer->processed],
 		       *size_valp);
 		buffer->processed += *size_valp;
-	} else
-		*valp = NULL;
+	}
 	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 
 unpack_error:
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ unpack_error:
  */
 int unpackmem_malloc(char **valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
 {
+	*valp = NULL;
 	safe_unpack32(size_valp, buffer);
 
 	if (*size_valp > MAX_PACK_MEM_LEN) {
@@ -968,8 +969,7 @@ int unpackmem_malloc(char **valp, uint32_t * size_valp, Buf buffer)
 		memcpy(*valp, &buffer->head[buffer->processed],
 		       *size_valp);
 		buffer->processed += *size_valp;
-	} else
-		*valp = NULL;
+	}
 	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 
 unpack_error:
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ unpack_error:
  */
 int unpackstr_xmalloc_escaped(char **valp, uint32_t *size_valp, Buf buffer)
 {
+	*valp = NULL;
 	safe_unpack32(size_valp, buffer);
 
 	if (*size_valp > MAX_PACK_MEM_LEN) {
@@ -1028,8 +1029,7 @@ int unpackstr_xmalloc_escaped(char **valp, uint32_t *size_valp, Buf buffer)
 
 		/* add the original value since that is what we processed */
 		buffer->processed += cnt;
-	} else
-		*valp = NULL;
+	}
 	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 
 unpack_error: