Re: [PATCH V3] vector: return false if realloc fails in vector_alloc_slot func

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On Wed, 2020-08-12 at 16:29 +0800, Zhiqiang Liu wrote:
> In vector_alloc_slot func, if REALLOC fails, it means new slot
> allocation fails. However, it just update v->allocated and then
> return the old v->slot without new slot. So, the caller will take
> the last old slot as the new allocated slot, and use it by calling
> vector_set_slot func. Finally, the data of last slot is lost.
> 
> Here, we rewrite vector_alloc_slot as suggested by Martin Wilck:
>  - increment v->allocated only after successful allocation,
>  - avoid the "if (v->slot)" conditional by just calling realloc(),
>  - make sure all newly allocated vector elements are set to NULL,
>  - change return value to bool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: lixiaokeng <lixiaokeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 

Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx>


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