Merge branch 'jk/clang-sanitizer-fixes'
C pedantry ;-) fix.
* jk/clang-sanitizer-fixes:
obstack: avoid computing offsets from NULL pointer
xdiff: avoid computing non-zero offset from NULL pointer
avoid computing zero offsets from NULL pointer
merge-recursive: use subtraction to flip stage
merge-recursive: silence -Wxor-used-as-pow warning