Re: [PATCH] strbuf: allocate enough space when strbuf_setlen() is called first time

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Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy  <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> strbuf_grow(sb, 0) may allocate less than requested len and violate the
> next assertion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  strbuf.h |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
> index 07060ce..ab213da 100644
> --- a/strbuf.h
> +++ b/strbuf.h
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern void strbuf_grow(struct strbuf *, size_t);
>  
>  static inline void strbuf_setlen(struct strbuf *sb, size_t len) {
>  	if (!sb->alloc)
> -		strbuf_grow(sb, 0);
> +		strbuf_grow(sb, len);
>  	assert(len < sb->alloc);

Wait.  Isn't _setlen() meant to be used only to truncate at the length,
and isn't that clearly documented?

I don't think we need this patch at all.

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