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From: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web•de>
Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm•org.uk, Cheng <prophecheng@stu•pku.edu.cn>,
	git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] describe: pass oid struct by const pointer
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:59:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250818205929.GA1024556@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250818205812.GA1018043@coredump.intra.peff.net>

We pass a "struct object_id" to describe_blob() by value. This isn't
wrong, as an oid is composed only of copy-able values. But it's unusual;
typically we pass structs by const pointer, including object_ids. Let's
do so.

It similarly makes sense for us to hold that pointer in the callback
data (rather than yet another copy of the oid).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
---
Not strictly related, but I noticed while in the area and remembered a
recent discussion in this direction.

 builtin/describe.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index d7dd8139de..383d3e6b9a 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static void describe_commit(struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *dst)
 
 struct process_commit_data {
 	struct object_id current_commit;
-	struct object_id looking_for;
+	const struct object_id *looking_for;
 	struct strbuf *dst;
 	struct rev_info *revs;
 };
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void process_object(struct object *obj, const char *path, void *data)
 {
 	struct process_commit_data *pcd = data;
 
-	if (oideq(&pcd->looking_for, &obj->oid) && !pcd->dst->len) {
+	if (oideq(pcd->looking_for, &obj->oid) && !pcd->dst->len) {
 		reset_revision_walk();
 		describe_commit(&pcd->current_commit, pcd->dst);
 		strbuf_addf(pcd->dst, ":%s", path);
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static void process_object(struct object *obj, const char *path, void *data)
 	}
 }
 
-static void describe_blob(struct object_id oid, struct strbuf *dst)
+static void describe_blob(const struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *dst)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
 	struct strvec args = STRVEC_INIT;
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
 		describe_commit(&oid, &sb);
 	else if (odb_read_object_info(the_repository->objects,
 				      &oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)
-		describe_blob(oid, &sb);
+		describe_blob(&oid, &sb);
 	else
 		die(_("%s is neither a commit nor blob"), arg);
 
-- 
2.51.0.326.gecbb38d78e


  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-18 20:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-13  0:23 Potential Null Pointer Dereference detected by static analysis tool Cheng
2025-08-13 13:19 ` Phillip Wood
2025-08-14 23:26   ` Jeff King
2025-08-15 15:49     ` Phillip Wood
2025-08-17  9:27     ` René Scharfe
2025-08-18  4:48       ` Jeff King
2025-08-18  5:05         ` Jeff King
2025-08-18 19:56           ` René Scharfe
2025-08-18 20:21             ` Jeff King
2025-08-18 20:56               ` Jeff King
2025-08-18 20:58               ` [PATCH 0/5] fix segfault and other oddities describing blobs Jeff King
2025-08-18 20:59                 ` Jeff King [this message]
2025-08-18 21:05                   ` [PATCH 1/5] describe: pass oid struct by const pointer Junio C Hamano
2025-08-18 21:01                 ` [PATCH 2/5] describe: error if blob not found Jeff King
2025-08-18 21:12                   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-19  8:05                     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-19 18:32                   ` René Scharfe
2025-08-18 21:01                 ` [PATCH 3/5] describe: catch unborn branch in describe_blob() Jeff King
2025-08-18 21:19                   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-08-18 23:07                     ` Jeff King
2025-08-18 21:03                 ` [PATCH 4/5] describe: handle blob traversal with no commits Jeff King
2025-08-19  8:05                   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-19 16:59                     ` Jeff King
2025-08-20  4:34                       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-20  6:30                         ` [replacement PATCH " Jeff King
2025-08-18 21:04                 ` [PATCH 5/5] describe: pass commit to describe_commit() Jeff King
2025-08-19  8:05                   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-08-19 17:02                     ` Jeff King

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