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[PATCH 01/10] name-rev: rewrite create_or_update_name()

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Feb 4, 2020, 21:14 UTC
Message-ID
<b8f6a47e-1cbe-b2c7-cdde-ff2dc28af2b2@web.de>
In-Reply-To
<084909f8-fefa-1fe0-b2ce-74eff47c4972@web.de>

This code was moved straight out of name_rev(). As such, we inherited the "goto" to jump from an if into an else-if. We also inherited the fact that "nothing to do -- return NULL" is handled last.

Rewrite the function to first handle the "nothing to do" case. Then we can handle the conditional allocation early before going on to populate the struct. No need for goto-ing.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
---
Original submission:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/20190922081846.14452-1-martin.agren@gmail.com/
 builtin/name-rev.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 6b9e8c850b..c2239ac3f7 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -88,21 +88,21 @@ static struct rev_name *create_or_update_name(struct commit *commit,
 {
 	struct rev_name *name = get_commit_rev_name(commit);

+	if (name && !is_better_name(name, taggerdate, distance, from_tag))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (name == NULL) {
 		name = xmalloc(sizeof(*name));
 		set_commit_rev_name(commit, name);
-		goto copy_data;
-	} else if (is_better_name(name, taggerdate, distance, from_tag)) {
-copy_data:
-		name->tip_name = tip_name;
-		name->taggerdate = taggerdate;
-		name->generation = generation;
-		name->distance = distance;
-		name->from_tag = from_tag;
-
-		return name;
-	} else
-		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	name->tip_name = tip_name;
+	name->taggerdate = taggerdate;
+	name->generation = generation;
+	name->distance = distance;
+	name->from_tag = from_tag;
+
+	return name;
 }

 static void name_rev(struct commit *start_commit,
--
2.25.0
Previous: René ScharfeNext: Derrick Stolee
Message 2 of 27 in “name-rev: improve memory usage”
  1. 00/10 name-rev: improve memory usageRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  2. 01/10 name-rev: rewrite create_or_update_name()René Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  3. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  4. Taylor BlauFeb 5, 2020
  5. Andrei RybakFeb 5, 2020
  6. René ScharfeFeb 5, 2020
  7. 02/10 name-rev: remove unused typedefRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  8. 03/10 name-rev: respect const qualifierRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  9. 04/10 name-rev: don't leak path copy in name_ref()René Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  10. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  11. 05/10 name-rev: don't _peek() in create_or_update_name()René Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  12. 06/10 name-rev: put struct rev_name into commit slabRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  13. 07/10 name-rev: factor out get_parent_name()René Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  14. 08/10 name-rev: pre-size buffer in get_parent_name()René Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  15. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  16. René ScharfeFeb 5, 2020
  17. 09/10 name-rev: generate name strings only if they are betterRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  18. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  19. René ScharfeFeb 5, 2020
  20. 10/10 name-rev: release unused name stringsRené Scharfe, Feb 4, 2020
  21. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  22. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  23. Derrick StoleeFeb 5, 2020
  24. 01/10 name-rev: rewrite create_or_update_name()René Scharfe, Feb 5, 2020
  25. 11/10 name-rev: sort tip names before applyingRené Scharfe, Feb 5, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2020
  27. René ScharfeFeb 5, 2020

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