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[PATCH 1/5] string-list: fix sign compare warnings

From
shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 22, 2025, 14:54 UTC
Message-ID
<aAett8cJuDJ_FSdw@ArchLinux>
In-Reply-To
<aAetW0dan8S3Fljq@ArchLinux>

In "string-list.c", there are six warnings which are emitted by "Wsign-compare". And five warnings are caused by the loop iterator type mismatch, which could be simply fixed by changing the `int` type to `size_t` type.

However, for "string-list.c::add_entry" function, we compare the `index` of the `int` type with the `list->nr` of unsigned type. It seems that we could just simply convert the type of `index` from `int` to `size_t`. But actually this is a correct behavior.

We would set the `index` value by checking whether `insert_at` is -1. If not, we would set `index` to be `insert_at`, otherwise we would use "get_entry_index` to find the inserted position.

What if the caller passes a negative value except "-1", the compiler would convert the `index` to be a positive value which would make the `if` statement be false to avoid moving array. However, we would definitely encounter trouble when setting the inserted item.

And we only call "add_entry" in "string_list_insert" function, and we simply pass "-1" for "insert_at" parameter. So, we never use this parameter to insert element in a user specified position. Let's delete this parameter. If there is any requirement later, we may use a better way to do this. And then we could safely convert the index to be `size_t` when comparing.

Signed-off-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com>
---
 string-list.c | 30 +++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index bf061fec56..a967421b60 100644
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#define DISABLE_SIGN_COMPARE_WARNINGS
-
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 
@@ -41,16 +39,16 @@ static int get_entry_index(const struct string_list *list, const char *string,
 }
 
 /* returns -1-index if already exists */
-static int add_entry(int insert_at, struct string_list *list, const char *string)
+static int add_entry(struct string_list *list, const char *string)
 {
 	int exact_match = 0;
-	int index = insert_at != -1 ? insert_at : get_entry_index(list, string, &exact_match);
+	int index = get_entry_index(list, string, &exact_match);
 
 	if (exact_match)
 		return -1 - index;
 
 	ALLOC_GROW(list->items, list->nr+1, list->alloc);
-	if (index < list->nr)
+	if ((size_t)index < list->nr)
 		MOVE_ARRAY(list->items + index + 1, list->items + index,
 			   list->nr - index);
 	list->items[index].string = list->strdup_strings ?
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ static int add_entry(int insert_at, struct string_list *list, const char *string
 
 struct string_list_item *string_list_insert(struct string_list *list, const char *string)
 {
-	int index = add_entry(-1, list, string);
+	int index = add_entry(list, string);
 
 	if (index < 0)
 		index = -1 - index;
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ struct string_list_item *string_list_lookup(struct string_list *list, const char
 void string_list_remove_duplicates(struct string_list *list, int free_util)
 {
 	if (list->nr > 1) {
-		int src, dst;
+		size_t src, dst;
 		compare_strings_fn cmp = list->cmp ? list->cmp : strcmp;
 		for (src = dst = 1; src < list->nr; src++) {
 			if (!cmp(list->items[dst - 1].string, list->items[src].string)) {
@@ -134,8 +132,8 @@ void string_list_remove_duplicates(struct string_list *list, int free_util)
 int for_each_string_list(struct string_list *list,
 			 string_list_each_func_t fn, void *cb_data)
 {
-	int i, ret = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
+	int ret = 0;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 		if ((ret = fn(&list->items[i], cb_data)))
 			break;
 	return ret;
@@ -144,8 +142,8 @@ int for_each_string_list(struct string_list *list,
 void filter_string_list(struct string_list *list, int free_util,
 			string_list_each_func_t want, void *cb_data)
 {
-	int src, dst = 0;
-	for (src = 0; src < list->nr; src++) {
+	size_t dst = 0;
+	for (size_t src = 0; src < list->nr; src++) {
 		if (want(&list->items[src], cb_data)) {
 			list->items[dst++] = list->items[src];
 		} else {
@@ -171,13 +169,12 @@ void string_list_remove_empty_items(struct string_list *list, int free_util)
 void string_list_clear(struct string_list *list, int free_util)
 {
 	if (list->items) {
-		int i;
 		if (list->strdup_strings) {
-			for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 				free(list->items[i].string);
 		}
 		if (free_util) {
-			for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 				free(list->items[i].util);
 		}
 		free(list->items);
@@ -189,13 +186,12 @@ void string_list_clear(struct string_list *list, int free_util)
 void string_list_clear_func(struct string_list *list, string_list_clear_func_t clearfunc)
 {
 	if (list->items) {
-		int i;
 		if (clearfunc) {
-			for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 				clearfunc(list->items[i].util, list->items[i].string);
 		}
 		if (list->strdup_strings) {
-			for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < list->nr; i++)
 				free(list->items[i].string);
 		}
 		free(list->items);
-- 
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  1. 0/5 enhance "string_list" code and testshejialuo, Apr 22, 2025
  2. 1/5 string-list: fix sign compare warningsshejialuo, Apr 22, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2025
  4. shejialuoApr 24, 2025
  5. 2/5 u-string-list: move "test_split" into "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Apr 22, 2025
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  7. shejialuoApr 24, 2025
  8. Patrick SteinhardtApr 23, 2025
  9. shejialuoApr 24, 2025
  10. 3/5 u-string-list: move "test_split_in_place" to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Apr 22, 2025
  11. Patrick SteinhardtApr 23, 2025
  12. 4/5 u-string-list: move "filter string" test to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Apr 22, 2025
  13. 5/5 u-string-list: move "remove duplicates" test to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Apr 22, 2025
  14. Patrick SteinhardtApr 23, 2025
  15. shejialuoApr 24, 2025
  16. 0/8 enhance "string_list" code and testshejialuo, May 18, 2025
  17. 1/8 string-list: fix sign compare warnings for loop iteratorshejialuo, May 18, 2025
  18. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  19. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  20. 2/8 string-list: remove unused "insert_at" parameter from add_entryshejialuo, May 18, 2025
  21. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  22. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  23. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  24. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  25. Patrick SteinhardtMay 26, 2025
  26. 3/8 string-list: return index directly when inserting an existing elementshejialuo, May 18, 2025
  27. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  28. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  29. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  30. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  31. 4/8 string-list: enable sign compare warnings checkshejialuo, May 18, 2025
  32. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  33. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  34. 5/8 u-string-list: move "test_split" into "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, May 18, 2025
  35. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  36. 6/8 u-string-list: move "test_split_in_place" to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, May 18, 2025
  37. 7/8 u-string-list: move "filter string" test to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, May 18, 2025
  38. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  39. shejialuoMay 26, 2025
  40. 8/8 u-string-list: move "remove duplicates" test to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, May 18, 2025
  41. Patrick SteinhardtMay 19, 2025
  42. 0/8 enhance "string_list" code and testshejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  43. 1/8 string-list: fix sign compare warnings for loop iteratorshejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  44. 2/8 string-list: remove unused "insert_at" parameter from add_entryshejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  45. 3/8 string-list: return index directly when inserting an existing elementshejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  46. 4/8 string-list: enable sign compare warnings checkshejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  47. 5/8 u-string-list: move "test_split" into "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  48. 6/8 u-string-list: move "test_split_in_place" to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  49. 7/8 u-string-list: move "filter string" test to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  50. 8/8 u-string-list: move "remove duplicates" test to "u-string-list.c"shejialuo, Jun 29, 2025
  51. Patrick SteinhardtJul 4, 2025
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