Possible null pointer dereference in sw/source/ui/misc/redlndlg.cxx

[Michael Stahl]

On 14/07/12 01:49, julien2412 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On master sources updated today, cppcheck reported this :
> [sw/source/ui/misc/redlndlg.cxx:402]: (error) Possible null pointer
> dereference: pView - otherwise it is redundant to check if pView is null at
> line 406
> 
>     395 void SwRedlineAcceptDlg::Activate()
>     396 {
>     397     // prevent update if flag is set (#102547#)
>     398     if( bInhibitActivate )
>     399         return;
>     400 
>     401     SwView *pView = ::GetActiveView();
>     402     SwWait aWait( *pView->GetDocShell(), sal_False );
>     403 
>     404     aUsedSeqNo.Remove((sal_uInt16)0, aUsedSeqNo.Count());
>     405 
>     406     if (!pView) // can happen when switching to another app, when a
> Listbox in the dialog
>     407         return; // had the focus previously (actually THs Bug)
> 
> Should we test pView ... ?

hmm... it appears that this code is essentially unchanged since the
initial import, except that the comment "can happen when... " there has
been translated from the original Klingon.

so pView ultimately comes from SfxViewFrame::Current(), dynamically
casted to SwView... i bet the idea is that null pView is never supposed
to happen, and the comment indicates that a certain "TH" was at some
time tasked with fixing the bug that it could indeed be null at that time.

since it has been unconditionally dereferenced for the last 12 years at
least anyway, i think the check is just redundant and could be removed.