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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, avarab@gmail.com, dstolee@microsoft.com,
	peff@peff.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] builtin/repack.c: avoid leaking child arguments
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:47:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh7dakyfk.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67b553b7-4e69-9906-b237-9c44cf8aaf44@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:32:16 -0400")

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

>>  	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
>>  	FILE *out;
>>  	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
>> +	int ret = 0;
>
> nit: "ret" is short for "return" which makes me think "this will
> be used as 'return ret;'" but we don't do that. Instead, we use
> it as the _result_ of an inner call:

Yup, my reading hiccupped there, too.

>
>> -	if (finish_command(&cmd))
>> +	ret = finish_command(&cmd);
>> +
>> +cleanup:
>> +	child_process_clear(&cmd);
>> +
>> +	if (ret)
>>  		die(_("could not finish pack-objects to repack promisor objects"));
>
> For that reason, I would rename this to "res" or "result".

Yeah, if we are introducing a new variable, result is a good name.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-21 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-21  3:39 [PATCH 00/11] midx: clean up t5319 under 'SANITIZE=leak' Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:39 ` [PATCH 01/11] midx.c: clean up chunkfile after reading the MIDX Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  5:50   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-21 11:34   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-21 16:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-22  3:04     ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:39 ` [PATCH 02/11] midx.c: don't leak MIDX from verify_midx_file Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  5:00   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-21  5:54     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-21 16:27   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-21  3:39 ` [PATCH 03/11] t/helper/test-read-midx.c: free MIDX within read_midx_file() Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:39 ` [PATCH 04/11] builtin/pack-objects.c: don't leak memory via arguments Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:39 ` [PATCH 05/11] builtin/repack.c: avoid leaking child arguments Taylor Blau
2021-10-21 13:32   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-10-21 18:47     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-10-21 16:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-22  3:21     ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:40 ` [PATCH 06/11] builtin/multi-pack-index.c: don't leak concatenated options Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:40 ` [PATCH 07/11] pack-bitmap.c: avoid leaking via midx_bitmap_filename() Taylor Blau
2021-10-21 16:54   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-22  4:27     ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  3:40 ` [PATCH 08/11] pack-bitmap.c: don't leak type-level bitmaps Taylor Blau
2021-10-21 16:59   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-21  3:40 ` [PATCH 09/11] pack-bitmap.c: more aggressively free in free_bitmap_index() Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  5:10   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-21 18:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-22  4:29       ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-21 18:43   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-21  3:40 ` [PATCH 10/11] pack-bitmap-write.c: don't return without stop_progress() Taylor Blau
2021-10-21  5:12   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-21 11:31   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-21 18:39     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-22  4:32       ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-23 20:28       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-23 20:32         ` SubmittingPatchs: clarify choice of base and testing Junio C Hamano
2021-10-23 20:59           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-23 21:31             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-23 21:40             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-25  8:59           ` Fabian Stelzer
2021-10-25 16:48             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-25 16:56               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-25 17:00                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-23 23:12           ` [PATCH v2] " Junio C Hamano
2021-12-28 17:47             ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-30 10:20             ` Fabian Stelzer
2021-12-30 20:18               ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2021-10-21  3:40 ` [PATCH 11/11] t5319: UNLEAK() the remaining leaks Taylor Blau
2021-10-21 11:50 ` [PATCH 00/11] midx: clean up t5319 under 'SANITIZE=leak' Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-22  4:39   ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-22  8:23     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-22 10:32       ` [PATCH] leak tests: add an interface to the LSAN_OPTIONS "suppressions" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-26 20:23         ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-26 21:11           ` Jeff King
2021-10-26 21:30             ` Taylor Blau
2021-10-26 21:48               ` Jeff King
2021-10-27  8:04             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-27  9:06               ` Jeff King
2021-10-27 20:21                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-27 20:57                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-29 20:56                   ` Jeff King
2021-10-29 21:05                     ` Jeff King
2021-10-27  7:51           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-21 13:37 ` [PATCH 00/11] midx: clean up t5319 under 'SANITIZE=leak' Derrick Stolee

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