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[PATCH 11/12] hex_to_bytes(): simpler replacement for `get_oid_hex_segment()`

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Aug 26, 2017, 08:28 UTC
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<86a8617cf78e456b6f119d8820479b6d82094124.1503734566.git.mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
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Now that `get_oid_hex_segment()` does less, it makes sense to rename it and simplify its semantics:

* Instead of a `hex_len` parameter, which was the number of hex
  characters (and had to be even), use a `len` parameter, which is the
  number of resulting bytes. This removes then need for the check that
  `hex_len` is even and to divide it by two to determine the number of
  bytes. For good hygiene, declare the `len` parameter to be `size_t`
  instead of `unsigned int`.
* Change the order of the arguments to the more traditional (dst,
  src, len).
* Rename the function to `hex_to_bytes()`.
* Remove a loop variable: just count `len` down instead.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---
 notes.c | 28 ++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index ce9ba36179..d5409b55e3 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -335,25 +335,18 @@ static void note_tree_free(struct int_node *tree)
 }
 
 /*
- * Convert a partial SHA1 hex string to the corresponding partial SHA1 value.
- * - hex      - Partial SHA1 segment in ASCII hex format
- * - hex_len  - Length of above segment. Must be multiple of 2 between 0 and 40
- * - oid      - Partial SHA1 value is written here
- * Return 0 on success or -1 on error (invalid arguments or input not
- * in hex format).
+ * Read `len` pairs of hexadecimal digits from `hex` and write the
+ * values to `binary` as `len` bytes. Return 0 on success, or -1 if
+ * the input does not consist of hex digits).
  */
-static int get_oid_hex_segment(const char *hex, unsigned int hex_len,
-		unsigned char *oid)
+static int hex_to_bytes(unsigned char *binary, const char *hex, size_t len)
 {
-	unsigned int i, len = hex_len >> 1;
-	if (hex_len % 2 != 0)
-		return -1;
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+	for (; len; len--, hex += 2) {
 		unsigned int val = (hexval(hex[0]) << 4) | hexval(hex[1]);
+
 		if (val & ~0xff)
 			return -1;
-		*oid++ = val;
-		hex += 2;
+		*binary++ = val;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -438,8 +431,8 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 				/* notes must be blobs */
 				goto handle_non_note;
 
-			if (get_oid_hex_segment(entry.path, path_len,
-						object_oid.hash + prefix_len))
+			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + prefix_len, entry.path,
+					 GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ - prefix_len))
 				goto handle_non_note; /* entry.path is not a SHA1 */
 
 			type = PTR_TYPE_NOTE;
@@ -451,8 +444,7 @@ static void load_subtree(struct notes_tree *t, struct leaf_node *subtree,
 				/* internal nodes must be trees */
 				goto handle_non_note;
 
-			if (get_oid_hex_segment(entry.path, 2,
-						object_oid.hash + len++))
+			if (hex_to_bytes(object_oid.hash + len++, entry.path, 1))
 				goto handle_non_note; /* entry.path is not a SHA1 */
 
 			/*
-- 
2.11.0
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  1. 00/12 Clean up notes-related code around `load_subtree()`Michael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  2. 01/12 notes: make GET_NIBBLE macro more robustMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  3. 03/12 load_subtree(): reduce the scope of some local variablesMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  4. 04/12 load_subtree(): fix incorrect commentMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  5. 06/12 load_subtree(): check earlier whether an internal node is a tree entryMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  6. 08/12 get_oid_hex_segment(): return 0 on successMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  7. 10/12 get_oid_hex_segment(): don't pad the rest of `oid`Michael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  8. 11/12 hex_to_bytes(): simpler replacement for `get_oid_hex_segment()`Michael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  9. 12/12 load_subtree(): declare some variables to be `size_t`Michael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  10. 07/12 load_subtree(): only consider blobs to be potential notesMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  11. 05/12 load_subtree(): separate logic for internal vs. terminal entriesMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  12. 09/12 load_subtree(): combine some common codeMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  13. 02/12 load_subtree(): remove unnecessary conditionalMichael Haggerty, Aug 26, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2017
  15. Michael HaggertyAug 27, 2017
  16. Michael HaggertyAug 28, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2017
  18. Johan HerlandAug 26, 2017
  19. Jeff KingSep 9, 2017
  20. Michael HaggertySep 10, 2017
  21. Jeff KingSep 10, 2017
  22. Michael HaggertySep 12, 2017
  23. Lars SchneiderSep 12, 2017

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