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[RFC/PATCH 0/6] build argv_array into run-command

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 15, 2014, 08:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20140515082943.GA26473@sigill.intra.peff.net>

The memory ownership of the "argv" array of a "struct child_process" can be tricky. The child_process does not own the memory, but it must remain valid until finish_command runs. That's easy for cases where we call start_command and finish_command in the same function: you can use a local array variable, or use an argv_array and cleanup afterwards.

But it's easy to screw up in cases where you want to start a command in one function and finish it in another, either by pointing to invalid storage during finish_command, or by leaking dynamically allocated memory.

This series sticks an argv_array inside the "struct child_process", which we clean up automatically. Because some callers might not want to use it, it's optional. If you provide "argv", we use that, and otherwise fall back to the internal array.

The first commit below does that. The second fixes an uninitialized memory access. 3, 4, and 5 plug memory leaks. 6 is just a cleanup for consistency with the changes in 4 and 5.

And in 2, 3, and 5 we are introducing argv_array into new spots, which simplifies the code and gets rid of magic numbers.

  [1/6]: run-command: store an optional argv_array
  [2/6]: run_column_filter: use argv_array
  [3/6]: git_connect: use argv_array
  [4/6]: get_helper: use run-command's internal argv_array
  [5/6]: get_exporter: use argv_array
  [6/6]: get_importer: use run-command's internal argv_array
-Peff
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  1. 0/6 build argv_array into run-commandJeff King, May 15, 2014
  2. 1/6 run-command: store an optional argv_arrayJeff King, May 15, 2014
  3. 2/6 run_column_filter: use argv_arrayJeff King, May 15, 2014
  4. 3/6 git_connect: use argv_arrayJeff King, May 15, 2014
  5. 4/6 get_helper: use run-command's internal argv_arrayJeff King, May 15, 2014
  6. 5/6 get_exporter: use argv_arrayJeff King, May 15, 2014
  7. 6/6 get_importer: use run-command's internal argv_arrayJeff King, May 15, 2014
  8. 7/6 argv-array: drop "detach" codeJeff King, May 15, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2014

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