Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] config: drop file pointer validity check in get_next_char()

> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 07:00:03AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 05:58:57PM +0100, Heiko Voigt wrote:
> > 
> > > The only location where cf is set in this file is in do_config_from().
> > > This function has only one callsite which is config_from_file(). In
> > > config_from_file() its ensured that the f member is set to non-zero.
> > > [...]
> > > -	if (cf && ((f = cf->f) != NULL)) {
> > > +	if (cf) {
> > 
> > I still think we can drop this conditional entirely. The complete call
> > graph looks like:
> > 
> >   git_config_from_file
> >     -> git_parse_file
> >       -> get_next_char
> >       -> get_value
> >           -> get_next_char
> >           -> parse_value
> >               -> get_next_char
> >       -> get_base_var
> >           -> get_next_char
> >           -> get_extended_base_var
> >               -> get_next_char
> > 
> > That is, every path to get_next_char happens while we are in
> > git_config_from_file, and that function guarantees that cf = &top, and
> > that top.f != NULL.  We do not have to even do any analysis of the
> > conditions for each call, because we never change "cf" nor "top.f"
> > except when we set them in git_config_from_file.
> 
> Ok if you say so I will do that :-). I was thinking about adding a patch
> that would remove cf as a global variable and explicitely pass it down
> to get_next_char. That makes it more obvious that it actually is != NULL.
> Looking at your callgraph I do not think its that much work. What do you
> think?