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From: Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] trace2: convert tr2tls_thread_ctx.thread_name from strbuf to char*
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:32:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d8f9882-fca7-ccfd-7430-d73a856cad39@jeffhostetler.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <211220.86ilvjt5y8.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>



On 12/20/21 2:35 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 20 2021, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
> 
>> On 12/20/21 11:31 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 20 2021, Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
>>>>
>>
>> Yes, it was.  To me a "const char *" in a structure means that
>> the structure does not own the pointer and must not free it.
>> Whereas as "char *" means that the structure might own it and
>> should maybe free it when the structure is freed.  My usage here
>> is that the structure does own it (because it took it from the
>> temporary strbuf using strbuf_detach()) and so it must free it.
>> Therefore it should not be "const".  This has nothing to do with
>> whether or not we allow the thread name to be changed after the
>> fact.  (We don't, but that is a different issue).
> 
> We use the pattern of having a "const char *" that's really a "char *"
> with a cast to free() in many existing APIs for this scenario.


As I mention later in this thread, I'm going to convert the
field into a flex-array, so most of the discussion in this
part of the thread no longer applies.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-22 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-20 15:01 [PATCH 0/9] Trace2 stopwatch timers and global counters Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 1/9] trace2: use size_t alloc,nr_open_regions in tr2tls_thread_ctx Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 2/9] trace2: convert tr2tls_thread_ctx.thread_name from strbuf to char* Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 16:31   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-20 19:07     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-20 19:35       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 16:32         ` Jeff Hostetler [this message]
2021-12-21  7:33     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-21  7:22   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 16:28     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-22 19:57       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 3/9] trace2: defer free of TLS CTX until program exit Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-21  7:30   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 21:59     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-22 22:56       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 23:04         ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-23  7:38         ` Johannes Sixt
2021-12-23 18:18           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-27 18:51             ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 4/9] trace2: add thread-name override to event target Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 5/9] trace2: add thread-name override to perf target Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 6/9] trace2: add timer events to perf and event target formats Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 16:39   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-20 19:44     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-21 14:20   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 7/9] trace2: add stopwatch timers Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 16:42   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 21:38     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-21 14:45   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-22 21:57     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 8/9] trace2: add counter events to perf and event target formats Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 16:51   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 22:56     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-20 15:01 ` [PATCH 9/9] trace2: add global counters Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-20 17:14   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 22:18     ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-21 14:51 ` [PATCH 0/9] Trace2 stopwatch timers and " Derrick Stolee
2021-12-21 23:27   ` Matheus Tavares
2021-12-28 19:36 ` [PATCH v2 " Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 1/9] trace2: use size_t alloc,nr_open_regions in tr2tls_thread_ctx Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-29  0:48     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 2/9] trace2: convert tr2tls_thread_ctx.thread_name from strbuf to flex array Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-29  1:11     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-29 16:46       ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 3/9] trace2: defer free of thread local storage until program exit Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 4/9] trace2: add thread-name override to event target Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 5/9] trace2: add thread-name override to perf target Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-29  1:48     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-29 17:15       ` Jeff Hostetler
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 6/9] trace2: add timer events to perf and event target formats Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 7/9] trace2: add stopwatch timers Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 8/9] trace2: add counter events to perf and event target formats Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-28 19:36   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] trace2: add global counters Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget
2021-12-29  1:54   ` [PATCH v2 0/9] Trace2 stopwatch timers and " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-30 16:42     ` Jeff Hostetler

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