don't trick coverity...

diff --git a/servers/slapd/attr.c b/servers/slapd/attr.c
index 4e418e3032780459f670c8cb38414a108d76ab83..315442466f4403587a8ba80ed6fb722294c40814 100644 (file)
--- a/servers/slapd/attr.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/attr.c
@@ -185,9 +185,10 @@ comp_tree_free( Attribute *a )
 void
 attrs_free( Attribute *a )
 {
-       Attribute *b, *tail, *next;
-
        if ( a ) {
+               Attribute *b = (Attribute *)0xBAD, *tail, *next;
+
+               /* save tail */
                tail = a;
                do {
                        next = a->a_next;
@@ -198,6 +199,8 @@ attrs_free( Attribute *a )
                } while ( next );
 
                ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock( &attr_mutex );
+               /* replace NULL with current attr list and let attr list
+                * start from last attribute returned to list */
                tail->a_next = attr_list;
                attr_list = b;
                ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &attr_mutex );