Re: [PATCH v4 01/12] pkt-line: eliminate the need for static buffer in packet_write_gently()

> On 3/3/21 2:38 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I agree with both of you that the code is unnice in its stack usage
>> and we want fix with malloc(), or something like that, but sorry, I
>> think I merged this round by mistake to 'next'.
>> As we won't be merging the topic to the upcoming release anyway, I
>> am willing to revert the merge to 'next' and requeue an updated one,
>> when it appears (I am also OK to see an incremental update, "oops,
>> no, we realize we don't want to have it on the stack" fix-up, if
>> this is the only glitch in the series that need to be fixed).
>
> I'm preparing a follow-on patch series to address Peff's comments
> from Friday/Monday and yours from yesterday.  I thought I'd send
> it as a set of new changes to sit on top of what we have in "next"
> if that would make things easier for you.