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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
To: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] sequencer: simplify allocation of result array in todo_list_rearrange_squash()
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:46:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1fb77a0-9ed8-4f3d-5bad-bc443b5522d2@dunelm.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230323162235.995574-7-oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>

Hi Oswald

On 23/03/2023 16:22, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> The operation doesn't change the number of elements in the array, so we do
> not need to allocate the result piecewise.

I think the reasoning behind this patch is sound.

> Signed-off-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
> ---
>   sequencer.c | 9 +++++----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index f8a7f4e721..fb224445fa 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -6225,7 +6225,7 @@ static int skip_fixupish(const char *subject, const char **p) {
>   int todo_list_rearrange_squash(struct todo_list *todo_list)
>   {
>   	struct hashmap subject2item;
> -	int rearranged = 0, *next, *tail, i, nr = 0, alloc = 0;
> +	int rearranged = 0, *next, *tail, i, nr = 0;
>   	char **subjects;
>   	struct commit_todo_item commit_todo;
>   	struct todo_item *items = NULL;
> @@ -6334,6 +6334,8 @@ int todo_list_rearrange_squash(struct todo_list *todo_list)
>   	}
>   
>   	if (rearranged) {
> +		items = ALLOC_ARRAY(items, todo_list->nr);
> +
>   		for (i = 0; i < todo_list->nr; i++) {
>   			enum todo_command command = todo_list->items[i].command;
>   			int cur = i;
> @@ -6346,16 +6348,15 @@ int todo_list_rearrange_squash(struct todo_list *todo_list)
>   				continue;
>   
>   			while (cur >= 0) {
> -				ALLOC_GROW(items, nr + 1, alloc);
>   				items[nr++] = todo_list->items[cur];
>   				cur = next[cur];
>   			}
>   		}
>   
> +		assert(nr == todo_list->nr);

If this assert fails we may have already had some out of bounds memory 
accesses.

> +		todo_list->alloc = nr;
>   		FREE_AND_NULL(todo_list->items);

I think it would be cleaner to keep the original ordering and free the 
old list before assigning todo_list->alloc

>   		todo_list->items = items;
> -		todo_list->nr = nr;
> -		todo_list->alloc = alloc;
>   	}

Best Wishes

Phillip

>   	free(next);

  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-23 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-23 16:22 [PATCH 0/8] sequencer refactoring Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 1/8] rebase: simplify code related to imply_merge() Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:40   ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 20:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-23 21:08       ` Felipe Contreras
2023-08-09 17:15       ` [PATCH v2 0/3] rebase refactoring Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-09 17:15         ` [PATCH v2 1/3] rebase: simplify code related to imply_merge() Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-09 17:15         ` [PATCH v2 2/3] rebase: handle --strategy via imply_merge() as well Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-09 17:15         ` [PATCH v2 3/3] rebase: move parse_opt_keep_empty() down Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-15 14:01           ` Phillip Wood
2023-10-20  9:36         ` [PATCH v3 0/3] rebase refactoring Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-10-20  9:36           ` [PATCH v3 1/3] rebase: simplify code related to imply_merge() Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-10-20  9:36           ` [PATCH v3 2/3] rebase: handle --strategy via imply_merge() as well Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-10-20 21:51             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-10-20  9:36           ` [PATCH v3 3/3] rebase: move parse_opt_keep_empty() down Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-10-20 22:07           ` [PATCH v3 0/3] rebase refactoring Junio C Hamano
2023-10-23 15:43             ` Phillip Wood
2023-10-23 19:02               ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 2/8] rebase: move parse_opt_keep_empty() down Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:39   ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 3/8] sequencer: pass around rebase action explicitly Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:27   ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 21:27     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 4/8] sequencer: create enum for edit_todo_list() return value Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:27   ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 5/8] rebase: preserve interactive todo file on checkout failure Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:31   ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 22:38     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-24 14:15       ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-24 14:42         ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 20:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-23 23:23     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-24  4:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 6/8] sequencer: simplify allocation of result array in todo_list_rearrange_squash() Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:46   ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2023-03-23 22:13     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 7/8] sequencer: pass `onto` to complete_action() as object-id Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:34   ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 21:36     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-24 14:18       ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 16:22 ` [PATCH 8/8] rebase: improve resumption from incorrect initial todo list Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-26 14:28   ` Phillip Wood
2023-04-26 15:34     ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-05-17 12:13       ` Phillip Wood
2023-08-24 16:46         ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-03-23 19:38 ` [PATCH 0/8] sequencer refactoring Phillip Wood
2023-03-25 11:08 ` Phillip Wood
2023-04-06 12:09   ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-17 13:10 ` Phillip Wood

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