git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Don't free remote->name after fetch

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2016, 18:49 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqvb1b8v2w.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<1465928936-68866-1-git-send-email-kmcguigan@twopensource.com>
kmcguigan@twopensource.com writes:
Show 7 quoted lines
> From: Keith McGuigan <kmcguigan@twopensource.com>
>
> Make fetch's string_list of remote names owns all of its string items
> (strdup'ing when necessary) so that it can deallocate them safely when
> clearing.
>
> ---
OK.

When I pointed out the call to string_list_append() in get_remote_group() as one example, I did not check if there are others that need similar adjustment. I just skimmed through the file again and it seems there is none, so this change looks good.

I assume you meant to sign this off, too?
Show 34 quoted lines
>  builtin/fetch.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
> index 630ae6a1bb78..1b4e924bd222 100644
> --- a/builtin/fetch.c
> +++ b/builtin/fetch.c
> @@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static int get_remote_group(const char *key, const char *value, void *priv)
>  			size_t wordlen = strcspn(value, " \t\n");
>  
>  			if (wordlen >= 1)
> -				string_list_append(g->list,
> +				string_list_append_nodup(g->list,
>  						   xstrndup(value, wordlen));
>  			value += wordlen + (value[wordlen] != '\0');
>  		}
> @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ done:
>  int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  {
>  	int i;
> -	struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
> +	struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
>  	struct remote *remote;
>  	int result = 0;
>  	struct argv_array argv_gc_auto = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
> @@ -1347,8 +1347,6 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  		argv_array_clear(&options);
>  	}
>  
> -	/* All names were strdup()ed or strndup()ed */
> -	list.strdup_strings = 1;
>  	string_list_clear(&list, 0);
>  
>  	close_all_packs();
Previous: kmcguigan@twopensource.comNext: Keith McGuigan
Message 2 of 4 in “Don't free remote->name after fetch”
  1. 1/1 Don't free remote->name after fetchkmcguigan@twopensource.com, Jun 14, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2016
  3. Keith McGuiganJun 14, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2016

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.