It causes false positives:
CPPCHECK .tmp/man/man2/open_by_handle_at.2.d/t_name_to_handle_at.c.lint-c.cppcheck.touch
.tmp/man/man2/open_by_handle_at.2.d/t_name_to_handle_at.c:35:5: warning: inconclusive: If memory allocation fails, then there is a possible null pointer dereference: fhp [nullPointerOutOfMemory]
fhp->handle_bytes = 0;
^
.tmp/man/man2/open_by_handle_at.2.d/t_name_to_handle_at.c:26:17: note: Assuming allocation function fails
fhp = malloc(fhsize);
^
.tmp/man/man2/open_by_handle_at.2.d/t_name_to_handle_at.c:26:17: note: Assignment 'fhp=malloc(fhsize)', assigned value is 0
fhp = malloc(fhsize);
^
.tmp/man/man2/open_by_handle_at.2.d/t_name_to_handle_at.c:35:5: note: Null pointer dereference
fhp->handle_bytes = 0;
^
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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