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[PATCH 1/6] grep: prefer "struct grep_opt" over its "void *"

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 21, 2021, 15:57 UTC
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<patch-1.6-2bdd21e4e59-20211021T155529Z-avarab@gmail.com>
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Stylistically fix up code added in bfac23d9534 (grep: Fix two memory leaks, 2010-01-30). We usually don't use the "arg" at all once we've unpacked it into the struct we want, let's not do that here when we're freeing it. Perhaps it was thought that a cast to "void *" would otherwise be needed?

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/grep.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 8af5249a7bb..fd184c182a3 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ static void *run(void *arg)
 		grep_source_clear_data(&w->source);
 		work_done(w);
 	}
-	free_grep_patterns(arg);
-	free(arg);
+	free_grep_patterns(opt);
+	free(opt);
 
 	return (void*) (intptr_t) hit;
 }
-- 
2.33.1.1494.g88b39a443e1
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