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From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Atharva Raykar" <raykar.ath@gmail.com>,
	"Prathamesh Chavan" <pc44800@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/20] submodule--helper: pass a "const struct module_clone_data" to clone_submodule()
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:09:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kl6lmtcrr2ov.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <patch-14.20-b364f3200d8-20220728T161116Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> Add "const" to the "struct module_clone_data" that we pass to
> clone_submodule(), which makes the ownership clear, and stops us from
> clobbering the "clone_data->path".
>
> We still need to add to the "reference" member, which is a "struct
> string_list". Let's do this by having clone_submodule() create its
> own, and copy the contents over, allowing us to pass it as a
> separate parameter.

I can't help but think that this would be easier to review as part of
the leaks series since:

- Outside of leaks, I don't think we really care about ownership (though
  please please correct me if I'm off base).

- The ownership of "reference" is still quite messy (downstream code
  might append to it, but its members are sometimes free()-able and
  sometimes not), so it's hard to visualize what we're getting out of
  this change without seeing the corresponding leak fix.

and...

> diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> index 6cedcc5b239..e235acce985 100644
> --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
> @@ -1569,18 +1567,20 @@ static char *clone_submodule_sm_gitdir(const char *name)
>  	return sm_gitdir;
>  }
>  
> -static int clone_submodule(struct module_clone_data *clone_data)
> +static int clone_submodule(const struct module_clone_data *clone_data,
> +			   struct string_list *reference)
>  {
>  	char *p;
>  	char *sm_gitdir = clone_submodule_sm_gitdir(clone_data->name);
>  	char *sm_alternate = NULL, *error_strategy = NULL;
>  	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
> +	const char *clone_data_path;
>  
>  	if (!is_absolute_path(clone_data->path))
> -		clone_data->path = xstrfmt("%s/%s", get_git_work_tree(),
> -					   clone_data->path);
> +		clone_data_path = xstrfmt("%s/%s", get_git_work_tree(),
> +					  clone_data->path);

- (this is pretty minor) It feels weird to see that we're intentionally
  leaking clone_data_path at its inception. We aren't introducing any
  new leaks, but moving this to the leaks series makes it clearer that
  we eventually do the right thing.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-29 22:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 142+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-28 16:16 [PATCH 00/20] submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prep Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 01/20] submodule tests: test usage behavior Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 20:30   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 02/20] submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 03/20] submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 04/20] submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 21:31   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 05/20] test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handling Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 06/20] submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-tool Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 21:45   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 07/20] submodule--helper: move "check-name" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 21:55   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 08/20] submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 21:58   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 09/20] submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\n Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 10/20] submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarations Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 11/20] submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initialization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 12/20] submodule--helper: convert a strbuf_detach() to xstrfmt() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 13/20] submodule--helper: stop conflating "sb" in clone_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 17:08   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:16 ` [PATCH 14/20] submodule--helper: pass a "const struct module_clone_data" to clone_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 22:09   ` Glen Choo [this message]
2022-08-01 15:05     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:17 ` [PATCH 15/20] submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:17 ` [PATCH 16/20] submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:17 ` [PATCH 17/20] submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:17 ` [PATCH 18/20] submodule--helper: add skeleton "goto cleanup" to update_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-28 16:17 ` [PATCH 19/20] submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 22:23   ` Glen Choo
2022-07-28 16:17 ` [PATCH 20/20] submodule--helper: fix bad config API usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 22:52 ` [PATCH 00/20] submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prep Glen Choo
2022-08-02 15:45 ` [PATCH v2 00/28] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 01/28] submodule tests: test usage behavior Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 22:30     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 02/28] submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 03/28] submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 04/28] submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 05/28] test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handling Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 06/28] submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-tool Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 07/28] submodule--helper: move "check-name" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 08/28] submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 22:32     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 09/28] submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\n Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 10/28] submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarations Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 11/28] submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initialization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 12/28] submodule--helper: use xstrfmt() in clone_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 13/28] submodule--helper: move "sb" in clone_submodule() to its own scope Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 14/28] submodule--helper: pass a "const struct module_clone_data" to clone_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:45   ` [PATCH v2 15/28] submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 16/28] submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 17/28] submodule--helper: don't redundantly check "else if (res)" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 18/28] submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 19/28] submodule--helper: return "ret", not "1" from update_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 20/28] submodule--helper: add missing braces to "else" arm Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 21/28] submodule--helper: don't call submodule_strategy_to_string() in BUG() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 23:08     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 22/28] submodule--helper: move submodule_strategy_to_string() to only user Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 23:30     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-03 13:06       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 23/28] submodule--helper: use "code" in run_update_command() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 24/28] submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 25/28] submodule--helper: libify determine_submodule_update_strategy() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 26/28] submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-03  4:37     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 27/28] submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths (for die) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-03  4:32     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-02 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 28/28] submodule--helper: fix bad config API usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57 ` [PATCH v3 00/32] submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prep Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 01/32] submodule tests: test usage behavior Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-23 22:42     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 02/32] submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 03/32] submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 04/32] submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 05/32] test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handling Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 06/32] submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-tool Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 07/32] submodule--helper: move "check-name" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 08/32] submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 09/32] submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\n Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 10/32] submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarations Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 11/32] submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initialization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 12/32] submodule--helper: use xstrfmt() in clone_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 13/32] submodule--helper: move "sb" in clone_submodule() to its own scope Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 14/32] submodule--helper: add "const" to passed "module_clone_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 15/32] submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 16/32] submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 17/32] submodule--helper: don't redundantly check "else if (res)" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 16:12     ` Eric Sunshine
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 18/32] submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 19/32] submodule--helper: return "ret", not "1" from update_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 20/32] submodule--helper: add missing braces to "else" arm Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 21/32] submodule--helper: don't call submodule_strategy_to_string() in BUG() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 22/32] submodule API: don't handle SM_..{UNSPECIFIED,COMMAND} in to_string() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 23/32] submodule--helper: use "code" in run_update_command() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 24/32] submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 25/32] submodule--helper: libify determine_submodule_update_strategy() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 26/32] submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 27/32] submodule--helper update: don't override 'checkout' exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 28/32] submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths (for die) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-23 23:27     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 29/32] submodule--helper: check repo{_submodule,}_init() return values Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-23 23:38     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 30/32] submodule--helper: libify more "die" paths for module_update() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-24  0:07     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 31/32] submodule--helper: libify even " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-24  0:12     ` Glen Choo
2022-08-21 13:57   ` [PATCH v3 32/32] submodule--helper: fix bad config API usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17   ` [PATCH v4 00/33] submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prep Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 01/33] submodule tests: test usage behavior Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 02/33] submodule tests: test for "add <repository> <abs-path>" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 03/33] submodule--helper: remove unused "name" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 04/33] submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 05/33] test-tool submodule-config: remove unused "--url" handling Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 06/33] submodule--helper: move "is-active" to a test-tool Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 07/33] submodule--helper: move "check-name" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 08/33] submodule--helper: move "resolve-relative-url-test" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 09/33] submodule--helper style: don't separate declared variables with \n\n Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 10/33] submodule--helper style: add \n\n after variable declarations Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 11/33] submodule--helper: replace memset() with { 0 }-initialization Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 12/33] submodule--helper: use xstrfmt() in clone_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 13/33] submodule--helper: move "sb" in clone_submodule() to its own scope Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 14/33] submodule--helper: add "const" to passed "module_clone_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 15/33] submodule--helper: add "const" to copy of "update_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 16/33] submodule--helper: add "const" to passed "struct update_data" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:17     ` [PATCH v4 17/33] submodule--helper: refactor "errmsg_str" to be a "struct strbuf" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 18/33] submodule--helper: don't redundantly check "else if (res)" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 19/33] submodule--helper: rename "int res" to "int ret" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 20/33] submodule--helper: return "ret", not "1" from update_submodule() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 21/33] submodule--helper: add missing braces to "else" arm Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 22/33] submodule--helper: don't call submodule_strategy_to_string() in BUG() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 23/33] submodule API: don't handle SM_..{UNSPECIFIED,COMMAND} in to_string() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 24/33] submodule--helper: use "code" in run_update_command() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 25/33] submodule--helper: don't exit() on failure, return Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 26/33] submodule--helper: libify determine_submodule_update_strategy() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 27/33] submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 28/33] submodule--helper update: don't override 'checkout' exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 29/33] submodule--helper: libify "must_die_on_failure" code paths (for die) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 30/33] submodule--helper: check repo{_submodule,}_init() return values Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 31/33] submodule--helper: libify more "die" paths for module_update() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-09-01 20:55       ` Glen Choo
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 32/33] submodule--helper: libify even " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-31 23:18     ` [PATCH v4 33/33] submodule--helper: fix bad config API usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-09-01 20:59     ` [PATCH v4 00/33] submodule--helper: add tests, rm dead code, refactor & leak prep Glen Choo

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