Re: [PATCH v16 Part II 2/8] bisect--helper: `bisect_write` shell function in C

> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 27 October 2017 at 17:06, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> +static void free_terms(struct bisect_terms *terms)
> >> +{
> >> +       if (!terms->term_good)
> >> +               free((void *) terms->term_good);
> >> +       if (!terms->term_bad)
> >> +               free((void *) terms->term_bad);
> >> +}
> >
> > These look like no-ops. Remove `!` for correctness, or `if (...)` for
> > simplicity, since `free()` can handle NULL.
> 
> I probably forgot to do this here. I will make the change.
> 
> > You leave the pointers dangling, but you're ok for now since this is the
> > last thing that happens in `cmd_bisect__helper()`. Your later patches
> > add more users, but they're also ok, since they immediately assign new
> > values.
> >
> > In case you (and others) find it useful, the below is a patch I've been
> > sitting on for a while as part of a series to plug various memory-leaks.
> > `FREE_AND_NULL_CONST()` would be useful in precisely these situations.
> 
> Honestly, I wouldn't be the best person to judge this.