[PATCH 1/2] run-command: factor out child_process_clear()
- From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
- Date
- Oct 24, 2015, 12:11 UTC
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- <562B756F.1020305@web.de>
Avoid duplication by moving the code to release allocated memory for arguments and environment to its own function, child_process_clear(). Export it to provide a counterpart to child_process_init().
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> --- Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt | 7 +++++++ run-command.c | 15 +++++++++------ run-command.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index a9fdb45..8bf3e37 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Functions The argument dir corresponds the member .dir. The argument env corresponds to the member .env. +`child_process_clear`:: + + Release the memory associated with the struct child_process. + Most users of the run-command API don't need to call this + function explicitly because `start_command` invokes it on + failure and `finish_command` calls it automatically already. + The functions above do the following: . If a system call failed, errno is set and -1 is returned. A diagnostic diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index e17e456..13fa452 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ void child_process_init(struct child_process *child) argv_array_init(&child->env_array); } +void child_process_clear(struct child_process *child) +{ + argv_array_clear(&child->args); + argv_array_clear(&child->env_array); +} + struct child_to_clean { pid_t pid; struct child_to_clean *next; @@ -327,8 +333,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd) fail_pipe: error("cannot create %s pipe for %s: %s", str, cmd->argv[0], strerror(failed_errno)); - argv_array_clear(&cmd->args); - argv_array_clear(&cmd->env_array); + child_process_clear(cmd); errno = failed_errno; return -1; } @@ -513,8 +518,7 @@ fail_pipe: close_pair(fderr); else if (cmd->err) close(cmd->err); - argv_array_clear(&cmd->args); - argv_array_clear(&cmd->env_array); + child_process_clear(cmd); errno = failed_errno; return -1; } @@ -540,8 +544,7 @@ fail_pipe: int finish_command(struct child_process *cmd) { int ret = wait_or_whine(cmd->pid, cmd->argv[0], 0); - argv_array_clear(&cmd->args); - argv_array_clear(&cmd->env_array); + child_process_clear(cmd); return ret; } diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h index 5428b04..12bb26c 100644 --- a/run-command.h +++ b/run-command.h @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct child_process { #define CHILD_PROCESS_INIT { NULL, ARGV_ARRAY_INIT, ARGV_ARRAY_INIT } void child_process_init(struct child_process *); +void child_process_clear(struct child_process *); int start_command(struct child_process *); int finish_command(struct child_process *);
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