Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] cache-tree: simplify verify_cache() prototype

[Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 11:58 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
<gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> The verify_cache() method takes an array of cache entries and a count,
> but these are always provided directly from a struct index_state. Use
> a pointer to the full structure instead.
>
> There is a subtle point when istate->cache_nr is zero that subtracting
> one will underflow. This triggers a failure in t0000-basic.sh, among
> others. Use "i + 1 < istate->cache_nr" to avoid these strange
> comparisons. Convert i to be unsigned as well, which also removes the
> potential signed overflow in the unlikely case that cache_nr is over 2.1
> billion entries. The 'funny' variable has a maximum value of 11, so

AND a minimum value of 0 (which is important for the type change to be valid).

> making it unsigned does not change anything of importance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  cache-tree.c | 17 ++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
> index 60b6aefbf51..acac6d58c37 100644
> --- a/cache-tree.c
> +++ b/cache-tree.c
> @@ -151,16 +151,15 @@ void cache_tree_invalidate_path(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
>                 istate->cache_changed |= CACHE_TREE_CHANGED;
>  }
>
> -static int verify_cache(struct cache_entry **cache,
> -                       int entries, int flags)
> +static int verify_cache(struct index_state *istate, int flags)
>  {
> -       int i, funny;
> +       unsigned i, funny;
>         int silent = flags & WRITE_TREE_SILENT;
>
>         /* Verify that the tree is merged */
>         funny = 0;
> -       for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
> -               const struct cache_entry *ce = cache[i];
> +       for (i = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
> +               const struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[i];
>                 if (ce_stage(ce)) {
>                         if (silent)
>                                 return -1;
> @@ -180,13 +179,13 @@ static int verify_cache(struct cache_entry **cache,
>          * stage 0 entries.
>          */
>         funny = 0;
> -       for (i = 0; i < entries - 1; i++) {
> +       for (i = 0; i + 1 < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
>                 /* path/file always comes after path because of the way
>                  * the cache is sorted.  Also path can appear only once,
>                  * which means conflicting one would immediately follow.
>                  */
> -               const struct cache_entry *this_ce = cache[i];
> -               const struct cache_entry *next_ce = cache[i + 1];
> +               const struct cache_entry *this_ce = istate->cache[i];
> +               const struct cache_entry *next_ce = istate->cache[i + 1];
>                 const char *this_name = this_ce->name;
>                 const char *next_name = next_ce->name;
>                 int this_len = ce_namelen(this_ce);
> @@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ int cache_tree_update(struct index_state *istate, int flags)
>  {
>         int skip, i;
>
> -       i = verify_cache(istate->cache, istate->cache_nr, flags);
> +       i = verify_cache(istate, flags);
>
>         if (i)
>                 return i;
> --
> gitgitgadget

Makes sense.  Thanks for explaining the i + 1 < istate->cache_nr bit
in the commit message; made it easier to read through quickly.  I'm
curious if it deserves a comment in the code too, since it does feel
slightly unusual.