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[PATCH 1/7] fix const-correctness of write_sha1_file

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 2, 2010, 00:03 UTC
Message-ID
<20100402000318.GA16462@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20100402000159.GA15101@coredump.intra.peff.net>

These should take const buffers as input data, but zlib's next_in pointer is not const-correct. Let's fix it at the zlib level, though, so the cast happens in one obvious place. This should be safe, as a similar cast is used in zlib's example code for a const array.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
This helps me avoid casting at a higher level in the code, but I also
think it's the right thing to do.
 cache.h     |    2 +-
 sha1_file.c |    6 +++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 6dcb100..5eb0573 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static inline void *read_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type *
 	return read_sha1_file_repl(sha1, type, size, NULL);
 }
 extern int hash_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *sha1);
-extern int write_sha1_file(void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *return_sha1);
+extern int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *return_sha1);
 extern int pretend_sha1_file(void *, unsigned long, enum object_type, unsigned char *);
 extern int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime);
 
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index a08a9d0..ff65328 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ static int create_tmpfile(char *buffer, size_t bufsiz, const char *filename)
 }
 
 static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
-			      void *buf, unsigned long len, time_t mtime)
+			      const void *buf, unsigned long len, time_t mtime)
 {
 	int fd, ret;
 	unsigned char compressed[4096];
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 	git_SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, hdrlen);
 
 	/* Then the data itself.. */
-	stream.next_in = buf;
+	stream.next_in = (void *)buf;
 	stream.avail_in = len;
 	do {
 		unsigned char *in0 = stream.next_in;
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 	return move_temp_to_file(tmpfile, filename);
 }
 
-int write_sha1_file(void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *returnsha1)
+int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *returnsha1)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	char hdr[32];
-- 
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