Re: BUG #18914: REDUNDANT_COMPARISON.ALWAYS_FALSE Redundant comparison '0' > 'nb' (0 > {4, 16}) is always false - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: BUG #18914: REDUNDANT_COMPARISON.ALWAYS_FALSE Redundant comparison '0' > 'nb' (0 > {4, 16}) is always false
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> On 7 May 2025, at 10:48, PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      18914
> Logged by:          Eugeny Goryachev
> Email address:      gorcom2012@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 17.4
> Operating system:   Ubuntu
> Description:
>
> REDUNDANT_COMPARISON.ALWAYS_FALSE Redundant comparison '0' > 'nb' (0 > {4,
> 16}) is always false at network.c:282.
> The function 'network_send()' in src/backend/utils/adt/network.c contains a
> redundant comparison:
>    if (nb < 0)
>        nb = 0;
> Since 'nb' is set via 'ip_addrsize(addr)', which returns either 4 or 16 (for
> IPv4 and IPv6 addresses respectively), this condition can never be true.

This was already addressed in commit f27eb0325b7b2c.

If you are going to run a static analyzer you should make sure to run it
against HEAD as small things like this one aren't backported.

--
Daniel Gustafsson




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