Remove dead store in secp256k1_ecmult_gen. #485

pull BitonicEelis wants to merge 1 commits into bitcoin-core:master from BitonicEelis:deadstore changing 1 files +1 −3

BitonicEelis commented at 3:13 PM on November 9, 2017: none
This fixes the following clang-analyzer warning:
```
src/ecmult_gen_impl.h:153:5: warning: Value stored to 'bits' is never read
```
Remove dead store in secp256k1_ecmult_gen. 0279786adc
sipa commented at 10:33 PM on December 21, 2017: contributor

utACK 0279786adc8132874a2e62e3026584248090f47e
gmaxwell commented at 10:01 PM on February 3, 2018: contributor

These assignments of variables holding secret data should be replaced with explicit zeroization, not just removed. Existing code is a placeholder for that.
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practicalswift commented at 2:17 PM on March 22, 2019: contributor

utACK 0279786adc8132874a2e62e3026584248090f47e
sipa commented at 11:03 PM on April 1, 2019: contributor

Agree with @gmaxwell; we should instead replace it with explicit wiping.
BitonicEelis commented at 11:44 AM on April 8, 2019: none

Roger that, closing this PR then. Thanks for the review!
BitonicEelis closed this on Apr 8, 2019

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