Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/checkout--worker: memset struct to avoid MSAN complaints

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:28:03 +0900

Chris Torek <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:49 AM Andrzej Hunt via GitGitGadget
> <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> [snip] Therefore we add a
>> memset to convince MSAN that this memory is safe to read - but only
>> when building with MSAN to avoid this cost in normal usage.
>
> It does not seem likely to be that expensive, and would definitely
> be shorter without all the `#if` testing:
>
>> diff --git a/builtin/checkout--worker.c b/builtin/checkout--worker.c
>> index 289a9b8f89d0..02fa5285988f 100644
>> --- a/builtin/checkout--worker.c
>> +++ b/builtin/checkout--worker.c
>> @@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ static void report_result(struct parallel_checkout_item *pc_item)
>>         struct pc_item_result res;
>
> This could just have `= { 0 }` added.

I'd prefer that very much more than the #if testing, within which //
comments that we do not want in our codebase are enclosed.

Thanks.