Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] builtin/rev-list: migrate missing_objects cleanup to oidmap_clear_with_free()

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:26:16 -0800

Seyi Kuforiji <[email-masked]> writes:

> From: Seyi Kufoiji <[email-masked]>
>
> As part of the conversion away from oidmap_clear(), switch the
> missing_objects map to use oidmap_clear_with_free().
>
> missing_objects stores struct missing_objects_map_entry instances,
> which own an xstrdup()'d path string in addition to the container
> struct itself. Previously, rev-list manually freed entry->path
> before calling oidmap_clear(&missing_objects, true).
>
> Introduce a dedicated free callback and pass it to
> oidmap_clear_with_free(), consolidating entry teardown into a
> single place and making cleanup semantics explicit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Seyi Kuforiji <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  builtin/rev-list.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
> index ddea8aa251..ab5f69826c 100644
> --- a/builtin/rev-list.c
> +++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
> @@ -88,9 +88,19 @@ static int arg_print_omitted; /* print objects omitted by filter */
>  
>  struct missing_objects_map_entry {
>  	struct oidmap_entry entry;
> -	const char *path;
> +	char *path;
>  	unsigned type;
>  };
> +
> +static void free_missing_objects_entry(void *e)
> +{
> +	struct missing_objects_map_entry *entry =
> +		container_of(e, struct missing_objects_map_entry, entry);
> +
> +	free(entry->path);
> +	free(entry);
> +}

Unlike the previous iteration, this makes the claim very believable
that it makes the code easier to follow to have the shell and its
contents released together in a single function.

Looking good.

>  static struct oidmap missing_objects;
>  enum missing_action {
>  	MA_ERROR = 0,    /* fail if any missing objects are encountered */
> @@ -935,10 +945,9 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc,
>  		while ((entry = oidmap_iter_next(&iter))) {
>  			print_missing_object(entry, arg_missing_action ==
>  							    MA_PRINT_INFO);
> -			free((void *)entry->path);
>  		}
>  
> -		oidmap_clear(&missing_objects, true);
> +		oidmap_clear_with_free(&missing_objects, free_missing_objects_entry);
>  	}
>  
>  	stop_progress(&progress);