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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>,
	Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge()
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:56:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331235637.GA2328851@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331234622.GG2328529@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 07:46:23PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> So I think there is something wrong or missing from the test setup, and
> this bears further investigation. Sadly the answer to the second part
> ("does it work now") is still "no idea". I _think_ this takes us in a
> positive direction, but my goal here is mainly to quiet the compiler
> warning. Further bug-hunting on this experimental feature can be done
> separately.

If this is the wrong direction or if we just want to keep things minimal
in this patch series, the absolute smallest fix is probably to cast away
the constness explicitly in find_pseudo_merge(), along with a comment
that the fix is almost certainly wrong. ;)

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-31 23:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-31 23:38 [PATCH 0/12] fixing the remainder of the C23 strchr warnings Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:41 ` [PATCH 01/12] convert: add const to fix strchr() warnings Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:41 ` [PATCH 02/12] http: " Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:41 ` [PATCH 03/12] transport-helper: drop " Jeff King
2026-04-01 13:46   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-31 23:42 ` [PATCH 04/12] pager: explicitly cast away strchr() constness Jeff King
2026-04-01 20:50   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02  3:54     ` Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:42 ` [PATCH 05/12] run-command: explicitly cast away constness when assigning to void Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:44 ` [PATCH 06/12] find_last_dir_sep(): convert inline function to macro Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:46 ` [PATCH 07/12] pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge() Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:56   ` Jeff King [this message]
2026-04-01 21:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 23:51     ` Taylor Blau
2026-03-31 23:50 ` [PATCH 08/12] skip_prefix(): check const match between in and out params Jeff King
2026-04-01 13:17   ` Phillip Wood
2026-04-01 14:04     ` Phillip Wood
2026-04-01 19:24       ` Jeff King
2026-04-01 22:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 15:05         ` Phillip Wood
2026-04-01 13:46   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-31 23:51 ` [PATCH 09/12] pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const Jeff King
2026-04-01 22:18   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02  3:55     ` Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:52 ` [PATCH 10/12] range-diff: drop const to fix strstr() warnings Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:52 ` [PATCH 11/12] http: drop const to fix strstr() warning Jeff King
2026-03-31 23:53 ` [PATCH 12/12] refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning Jeff King
2026-04-01 13:46   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-01 22:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02  3:56       ` Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/12] fixing the remainder of the C23 strchr warnings Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:14   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] convert: add const to fix strchr() warnings Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:14   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] http: " Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:14   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] transport-helper: drop " Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:14   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] pager: explicitly cast away strchr() constness Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] run-command: explicitly cast away constness when assigning to void Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] find_last_dir_sep(): convert inline function to macro Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge() Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] skip_prefix(): check const match between in and out params Jeff King
2026-04-02  5:11     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02  6:01       ` Jeff King
2026-04-02 15:50         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-02 15:41       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-03 11:13     ` Toon Claes
2026-04-04  5:42       ` [PATCH v2 13/12] git-compat-util: fix CONST_OUTPARAM typo and indentation Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] range-diff: drop const to fix strstr() warnings Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] http: drop const to fix strstr() warning Jeff King
2026-04-02  4:15   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning Jeff King
2026-04-03 11:14   ` [PATCH v2 0/12] fixing the remainder of the C23 strchr warnings Toon Claes

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