From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk,
Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] xdiff: fix a memory leak
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:55:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7d9uvji5.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <220216.86h78yuar0.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> ("Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:38:08 +0100")
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>> They are not dealing with it because they do not initialize it - it is
>> an "out" parameter that is used to return data to the caller. This
>> patch changes the logic to "whoever initializes it is responsible for
>> freeing it if there is an error". By doing that we localize the error
>> handling to xdl_do_diff() and can leave the callers unchanged.
>
> Yes, I'm saying that we're needlessly piling on complexity by continuing
> with this pattern in the xdiff/ codebase. I think it's fair to question
> the direction in general.
It is perfectly OK to question, but I'd prefer to see local
consistency.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-16 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-09 10:59 [PATCH 0/3] xdiff: handle allocation failures Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-09 10:59 ` [PATCH 1/3] xdiff: handle allocation failure in patience diff Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-09 10:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] xdiff: refactor a function Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-09 18:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-10 6:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-11 15:19 ` Phillip Wood
2022-02-11 16:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-09 10:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] xdiff: handle allocation failure when merging Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-16 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] xdiff: handle allocation failures Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-16 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] xdiff: fix a memory leak Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-16 10:28 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-16 13:49 ` Phillip Wood
2022-02-16 14:38 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-16 16:55 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-02-17 11:05 ` Phillip Wood
2022-02-16 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] xdiff: handle allocation failure in patience diff Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-16 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] xdiff: refactor a function Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-02-16 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] xdiff: handle allocation failure when merging Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
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