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[PATCH 04/14] combine-diff: use pointer for parent paths

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 9, 2025, 08:42 UTC
Message-ID
<20250109084229.GD2748836@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20250109082723.GA2748497@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Commit d76ce4f734 (log,diff-tree: add --combined-all-paths option, 2019-02-07) added a "path" field to each combine_diff_parent struct. It's defined as a strbuf, but this is overkill. We never manipulate the buffer beyond inserting a single string into it.

And in fact there's a small bug: we zero the parent structs, including the path strbufs. For the 0th parent, we strbuf_init() the strbuf before adding to it. But for subsequent parents, we never do the init. This is technically violating the strbuf API, though the code there is resilient enough to handle this zero'd state.

This patch switches us to just store an allocated string pointer. Zeroing it is enough to properly initialize it there (modulo the usual assumption we make that a NULL pointer is all-zeroes).

And as a bonus, we can just check for a non-NULL value to see if it is present, rather than repeating the combined_all_paths logic at each site.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 combine-diff.c | 30 +++++++++++-------------------
 diff.h         |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index 45548fd438..ae3cbfc699 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ static struct combine_diff_path *intersect_paths(
 
 			if (combined_all_paths &&
 			    filename_changed(p->parent[n].status)) {
-				strbuf_init(&p->parent[n].path, 0);
-				strbuf_addstr(&p->parent[n].path,
-					      q->queue[i]->one->path);
+				p->parent[n].path = xstrdup(q->queue[i]->one->path);
 			}
 			*tail = p;
 			tail = &p->next;
@@ -83,9 +81,7 @@ static struct combine_diff_path *intersect_paths(
 			/* p->path not in q->queue[]; drop it */
 			*tail = p->next;
 			for (j = 0; j < num_parent; j++)
-				if (combined_all_paths &&
-				    filename_changed(p->parent[j].status))
-					strbuf_release(&p->parent[j].path);
+				free(p->parent[j].path);
 			free(p);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -101,8 +97,7 @@ static struct combine_diff_path *intersect_paths(
 		p->parent[n].status = q->queue[i]->status;
 		if (combined_all_paths &&
 		    filename_changed(p->parent[n].status))
-			strbuf_addstr(&p->parent[n].path,
-				      q->queue[i]->one->path);
+			p->parent[n].path = xstrdup(q->queue[i]->one->path);
 
 		tail = &p->next;
 		i++;
@@ -987,8 +982,9 @@ static void show_combined_header(struct combine_diff_path *elem,
 
 	if (rev->combined_all_paths) {
 		for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++) {
-			char *path = filename_changed(elem->parent[i].status)
-				? elem->parent[i].path.buf : elem->path;
+			const char *path = elem->parent[i].path ?
+					   elem->parent[i].path :
+					   elem->path;
 			if (elem->parent[i].status == DIFF_STATUS_ADDED)
 				dump_quoted_path("--- ", "", "/dev/null",
 						 line_prefix, c_meta, c_reset);
@@ -1269,12 +1265,10 @@ static void show_raw_diff(struct combine_diff_path *p, int num_parent, struct re
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++)
 		if (rev->combined_all_paths) {
-			if (filename_changed(p->parent[i].status))
-				write_name_quoted(p->parent[i].path.buf, stdout,
-						  inter_name_termination);
-			else
-				write_name_quoted(p->path, stdout,
-						  inter_name_termination);
+			const char *path = p->parent[i].path ?
+					   p->parent[i].path :
+					   p->path;
+			write_name_quoted(path, stdout, inter_name_termination);
 		}
 	write_name_quoted(p->path, stdout, line_termination);
 }
@@ -1636,9 +1630,7 @@ void diff_tree_combined(const struct object_id *oid,
 		struct combine_diff_path *tmp = paths;
 		paths = paths->next;
 		for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++)
-			if (rev->combined_all_paths &&
-			    filename_changed(tmp->parent[i].status))
-				strbuf_release(&tmp->parent[i].path);
+			free(tmp->parent[i].path);
 		free(tmp);
 	}
 
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 5cddd5a870..f5f6ea00fb 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ struct combine_diff_path {
 		char status;
 		unsigned int mode;
 		struct object_id oid;
-		struct strbuf path;
+		char *path;
 	} parent[FLEX_ARRAY];
 };
 #define combine_diff_path_size(n, l) \
-- 
2.48.0.rc2.413.gc1c80375a3
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  2. Jeff KingJan 3, 2025
  3. Wink SavilleJan 3, 2025
  4. Jeff KingJan 4, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2025
  6. Jeff KingJan 4, 2025
  7. Wink SavilleJan 4, 2025
  8. Wink SavilleJan 5, 2025
  9. 0/14 combine-diff cleanupsJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  10. 01/14 run_diff_files(): delay allocation of combine_diff_pathJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2025
  12. 02/14 combine-diff: add combine_diff_path_new()Jeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2025
  14. Patrick SteinhardtJan 13, 2025
  15. Jeff KingJan 14, 2025
  16. 03/14 tree-diff: clear parent array in path_appendnew()Jeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2025
  18. Jeff KingJan 10, 2025
  19. 04/14 combine-diff: use pointer for parent pathsJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2025
  21. 05/14 diff: add a comment about combine_diff_path.parent.pathJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  22. Patrick SteinhardtJan 13, 2025
  23. 06/14 run_diff_files(): de-mystify the size of combine_diff_path structJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  24. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2025
  25. 07/14 tree-diff: drop path_appendnew() alloc optimizationJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  26. Patrick SteinhardtJan 13, 2025
  27. Jeff KingJan 14, 2025
  28. 08/14 tree-diff: pass whole path string to path_appendnew()Jeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  29. Patrick SteinhardtJan 13, 2025
  30. Jeff KingJan 14, 2025
  31. 09/14 tree-diff: inline path_appendnew()Jeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2025
  33. 10/14 combine-diff: drop public declaration of combine_diff_path_size()Jeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  34. 11/14 tree-diff: drop list-tail argument to diff_tree_paths()Jeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2025
  36. 12/14 tree-diff: use the name "tail" to refer to list tailJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  37. 13/14 tree-diff: simplify emit_path() list managementJeff King, Jan 9, 2025
  38. 14/14 tree-diff: make list tail-passing more explicitJeff King, Jan 9, 2025

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