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[PATCH v6 13/18] reftable/basics: stop using `SWAP()` macro

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Feb 18, 2025, 09:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20250218-pks-reftable-drop-git-compat-util-v6-13-8c1f39fb4c02@pks.im>
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Stop using `SWAP()` macro in favor of an open-coded variant of it. Note that this also requires us to open-code the build assert that `SWAP()` itself uses to verify that the size of both variables matches.

This is done to reduce our dependency on the Git codebase.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 reftable/basics.h |  9 +++++++++
 reftable/merged.c |  2 +-
 reftable/pq.c     |  4 ++--
 reftable/record.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/reftable/basics.h b/reftable/basics.h
index c1ddbaec3ff..59000798f0b 100644
--- a/reftable/basics.h
+++ b/reftable/basics.h
@@ -266,6 +266,15 @@ static inline void *reftable_alloc_grow(void *p, size_t nelem, size_t elsize,
 # define strdup(str) REFTABLE_BANNED(strdup)
 #endif
 
+#define REFTABLE_SWAP(a, b) do {								\
+	void *_swap_a_ptr = &(a);								\
+	void *_swap_b_ptr = &(b);								\
+	unsigned char _swap_buffer[sizeof(a) - 2 * sizeof(a) * (sizeof(a) != sizeof(b))];	\
+	memcpy(_swap_buffer, _swap_a_ptr, sizeof(a));						\
+	memcpy(_swap_a_ptr, _swap_b_ptr, sizeof(a));						\
+	memcpy(_swap_b_ptr, _swap_buffer, sizeof(a));						\
+} while (0)
+
 /* Find the longest shared prefix size of `a` and `b` */
 size_t common_prefix_size(struct reftable_buf *a, struct reftable_buf *b);
 
diff --git a/reftable/merged.c b/reftable/merged.c
index 563864068c1..4ff1553772a 100644
--- a/reftable/merged.c
+++ b/reftable/merged.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int merged_iter_next_entry(struct merged_iter *mi,
 	}
 
 	mi->advance_index = entry.index;
-	SWAP(*rec, *entry.rec);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(*rec, *entry.rec);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/reftable/pq.c b/reftable/pq.c
index ef8035cfd9b..82394a972db 100644
--- a/reftable/pq.c
+++ b/reftable/pq.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int merged_iter_pqueue_remove(struct merged_iter_pqueue *pq, struct pq_entry *ou
 
 		if (min == i)
 			break;
-		SWAP(pq->heap[i], pq->heap[min]);
+		REFTABLE_SWAP(pq->heap[i], pq->heap[min]);
 		i = min;
 	}
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int merged_iter_pqueue_add(struct merged_iter_pqueue *pq, const struct pq_entry
 		size_t j = (i - 1) / 2;
 		if (pq_less(&pq->heap[j], &pq->heap[i]))
 			break;
-		SWAP(pq->heap[j], pq->heap[i]);
+		REFTABLE_SWAP(pq->heap[j], pq->heap[i]);
 		i = j;
 	}
 
diff --git a/reftable/record.c b/reftable/record.c
index 3552bafa994..9a1edf39a02 100644
--- a/reftable/record.c
+++ b/reftable/record.c
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ static int reftable_ref_record_copy_from(void *rec, const void *src_rec,
 	size_t refname_cap = 0;
 	int err;
 
-	SWAP(refname, ref->refname);
-	SWAP(refname_cap, ref->refname_cap);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(refname, ref->refname);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(refname_cap, ref->refname_cap);
 	reftable_ref_record_release(ref);
-	SWAP(ref->refname, refname);
-	SWAP(ref->refname_cap, refname_cap);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(ref->refname, refname);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(ref->refname_cap, refname_cap);
 
 	if (src->refname) {
 		size_t refname_len = strlen(src->refname);
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@ static int reftable_ref_record_decode(void *rec, struct reftable_buf key,
 		return n;
 	string_view_consume(&in, n);
 
-	SWAP(refname, r->refname);
-	SWAP(refname_cap, r->refname_cap);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(refname, r->refname);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(refname_cap, r->refname_cap);
 	reftable_ref_record_release(r);
-	SWAP(r->refname, refname);
-	SWAP(r->refname_cap, refname_cap);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(r->refname, refname);
+	REFTABLE_SWAP(r->refname_cap, refname_cap);
 
 	REFTABLE_ALLOC_GROW_OR_NULL(r->refname, key.len + 1, r->refname_cap);
 	if (!r->refname) {
-- 
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  2. 01/18 reftable/stack: stop using `read_in_full()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  3. 02/18 reftable/stack: stop using `write_in_full()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  4. 03/18 reftable/blocksource: stop using `xmmap()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  5. 04/18 reftable/record: stop using `COPY_ARRAY()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  6. 05/18 reftable/record: stop using `BUG()` in `reftable_record_init()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  7. 06/18 reftable/record: don't `BUG()` in `reftable_record_cmp()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  8. 08/18 reftable/basics: stop using `st_mult()` in array allocatorsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  9. 07/18 reftable: stop using `BUG()` in trivial casesPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  10. 10/18 reftable/reader: stop using `ARRAY_SIZE()` macroPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  11. 09/18 reftable/basics: provide wrappers for big endian conversionPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  12. 11/18 reftable/system: introduce `reftable_rand()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  13. 12/18 reftable/stack: stop using `sleep_millisec()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  14. 13/18 reftable/basics: stop using `SWAP()` macroPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  15. 14/18 reftable/basics: introduce `REFTABLE_UNUSED` annotationPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  16. 15/18 compat/mingw: split out POSIX-related bitsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  17. 16/18 git-compat-util.h: split out POSIX-emulating bitsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  18. 17/18 reftable: decouple from Git codebase by pulling in "compat/posix.h"Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  19. 18/18 Makefile: skip reftable library for CoccinellePatrick Steinhardt, Feb 18, 2025
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2025
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2025
  22. Patrick SteinhardtMar 12, 2025
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