Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] reftable: handle realloc error in parse_names()

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 10:48:50AM +0100, René Scharfe wrote:
> Check the final reallocation for adding the terminating NULL and handle
> it just like those in the loop.  Simply use REFTABLE_ALLOC_GROW instead
> of keeping the REFTABLE_REALLOC_ARRAY call and adding code to preserve
> the original pointer value around it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
> ---
>  reftable/basics.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/reftable/basics.c b/reftable/basics.c
> index cd6b39dbe9..fe2b83ff83 100644
> --- a/reftable/basics.c
> +++ b/reftable/basics.c
> @@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ char **parse_names(char *buf, int size)
>  		p = next + 1;
>  	}
> 
> -	REFTABLE_REALLOC_ARRAY(names, names_len + 1);
> +	if (REFTABLE_ALLOC_GROW(names, names_len + 1, names_cap))
> +		goto err;
>  	names[names_len] = NULL;

Okay. We may be overallocating in some cases now, but it's most likely
that we can completely skip this allocation here because `names_cap` is
big enough already.

Patrick