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[PATCH 1/7] trace: handle NULL argument in trace_disable()

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 3, 2016, 22:56 UTC
Message-ID
<20160803225657.vdjih5mzvdmilx4d@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
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All of the trace functions treat a NULL key as a synonym for the default GIT_TRACE key. Except for trace_disable(), which will segfault.

Fortunately, this can't cause any bugs, as the function has no callers. But rather than drop it, let's fix the bug, as I plan to add a caller.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 trace.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/trace.c b/trace.c
index 4aeea60..f204a7d 100644
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -25,15 +25,25 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
+/*
+ * "Normalize" a key argument by converting NULL to our trace_default,
+ * and otherwise passing through the value. All caller-facing functions
+ * should normalize their inputs in this way, though most get it
+ * for free by calling get_trace_fd() (directly or indirectly).
+ */
+static void normalize_trace_key(struct trace_key **key)
+{
+	static struct trace_key trace_default = { "GIT_TRACE" };
+	if (!*key)
+		*key = &trace_default;
+}
+
 /* Get a trace file descriptor from "key" env variable. */
 static int get_trace_fd(struct trace_key *key)
 {
-	static struct trace_key trace_default = { "GIT_TRACE" };
 	const char *trace;
 
-	/* use default "GIT_TRACE" if NULL */
-	if (!key)
-		key = &trace_default;
+	normalize_trace_key(&key);
 
 	/* don't open twice */
 	if (key->initialized)
@@ -75,6 +85,8 @@ static int get_trace_fd(struct trace_key *key)
 
 void trace_disable(struct trace_key *key)
 {
+	normalize_trace_key(&key);
+
 	if (key->need_close)
 		close(key->fd);
 	key->fd = 0;
-- 
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