Re: [PATCH 0/3] Supplements to "packed_ref_cache: don't use mmap() for small files"

> Thanks for your patch. I haven't measured the performance difference
> of `mmap()` vs. `read()` for small `packed-refs` files, but it's not
> surprising that `read()` would be faster.
> 
> I especially like the fix for zero-length `packed-refs` files. (Even
> though AFAIK Git never writes such files, they are totally legitimate
> and shouldn't cause Git to fail.) With or without the additions
> mentioned below,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
> 
> While reviewing your patch, I realized that some areas of the existing
> code use constructs that are undefined according to the C standard,
> such as computing `NULL + 0` and `NULL - NULL`. This was already wrong
> (and would come up more frequently after your change). Even though
> these are unlikely to be problems in the real world, it would be good
> to avoid them.
> 
> So I will follow up this email with three patches:
> 
> 1. Mention that `snapshot::buf` can be NULL for empty files
> 
>    I suggest squashing this into your patch, to make it clear that
>    `snapshot::buf` and `snapshot::eof` can also be NULL if the
>    `packed-refs` file is empty.
> 
> 2. create_snapshot(): exit early if the file was empty
> 
>    Avoid undefined behavior by returning early if `snapshot->buf` is
>    NULL.
> 
> 3. find_reference_location(): don't invoke if `snapshot->buf` is NULL
> 
>    Avoid undefined behavior and confusing semantics by not calling
>    `find_reference_location()` when `snapshot->buf` is NULL.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael Haggerty (3):
>   SQUASH? Mention that `snapshot::buf` can be NULL for empty files
>   create_snapshot(): exit early if the file was empty
>   find_reference_location(): don't invoke if `snapshot->buf` is NULL