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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco•com>
Cc: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail•com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger•kernel.org>,
	Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] restore_env(): free the saved environment variable once we are done
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:19:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy4b2o7rf.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cT8PhJU=9aS8NvkN9wx6imtACOS9rkgDJeJpN=CGikd7Q@mail.gmail.com> (Eric Sunshine's message of "Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:47:14 -0500")

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco•com> writes:

>> diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
>> @@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ static void restore_env(int external_alias)
>>                 if (external_alias &&
>>                     !strcmp(env_names[i], GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT))
>>                         continue;
>> -               if (orig_env[i])
>> +               if (orig_env[i]) {
>>                         setenv(env_names[i], orig_env[i], 1);
>> -               else
>> +                       free(orig_env[i]);
>
> Now that this is "well-protected"[1] against incorrect nesting, you
> don't worry about the dangling pointers in static orig_env[], right?
> (The same for the dangling pointer in static 'orig_cwd' after being
> freed a bit earlier in this function, correct?)

Correct.

I do not think we follow a style that requires "after freeing memory
pointed at by a variable, the variable must be assigned NULL".
Would it be a good idea?  I do not see a point in it.

Thanks.

      reply	other threads:[~2016-02-03  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-26  7:37 [BUG] typo DWIMery with alias broken (cd to random dir) Michael J Gruber
2016-01-26 12:50 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-01-26 13:26 ` [PATCH] git.c: fix help.autocorrect after 57ea712 breaks it Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-01-26 14:39   ` Michael J Gruber
2016-01-26 17:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-26 19:02   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-26 20:11   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27  6:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27  6:50       ` [PATCH 2/3] git: protect against unbalanced calls to {save,restore}_env() Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27 23:19         ` [PATCH v2 " Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27  6:52       ` [PATCH 3/3] git: simplify environment save/restore logic Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27 23:22         ` [PATCH v2 " Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27 23:47           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27  9:14       ` [PATCH] git.c: fix help.autocorrect after 57ea712 breaks it Duy Nguyen
2016-01-27 12:01         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-27 23:18           ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git: remove an early return from save_env_before_alias() Junio C Hamano
2016-02-02 23:47             ` [PATCH v3 1/4] " Junio C Hamano
2016-02-02 23:47             ` [PATCH v3 2/4] git: protect against unbalanced calls to {save,restore}_env() Junio C Hamano
2016-02-02 23:48             ` [PATCH v3 3/4] git: simplify environment save/restore logic Junio C Hamano
2016-02-02 23:50             ` [PATCH v3 4/4] restore_env(): free the saved environment variable once we are done Junio C Hamano
2016-02-03  1:47               ` Eric Sunshine
2016-02-03  2:19                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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