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From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
To: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Cc: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH maint] builtin-merge.c: fix memory under-allocation
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 02:17:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081009001727.GP536@genesis.frugalware.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZuhLzndR5Uvj7-_NyasP-FHF3AqTyLx-0sjNHMd0BC3LXC8LdLqBeQ@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>

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On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 07:07:54PM -0500, Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
> While we're at it, change the allocation to reference the variable it is
> allocating memory for to try to prevent a similar mistake if the type is
> changed in the future.

If this is really a problem, then I think it would be good to mention
this in Documentation/CodingGuidelines.

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-09  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-09  0:07 [PATCH maint] builtin-merge.c: fix memory under-allocation Brandon Casey
2008-10-09  0:17 ` Miklos Vajna [this message]
2008-10-09  0:27   ` Brandon Casey
2008-10-09 11:12     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-10-09 14:15       ` Brandon Casey
2008-10-09 14:49         ` Miklos Vajna
2008-10-09 15:13         ` Shawn O. Pearce

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