Re: [PATCH] xdiff/xprepare: initialise xdlclassifier_t cf in xdl_prepare_env()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Ensure that the xdl_free_classifier() call on xdlclassifier_t cf is safe
>> even if xdl_init_classifier() isn't called. This may occur in the case
>> where diff is run with --histogram and a call to, say, xdl_prepare_ctx()
>> fails.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks. Did you find this by code inspection?
>
>>  xdiff/xprepare.c |    3 +++
>>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xdiff/xprepare.c b/xdiff/xprepare.c
>> index 620fc9a..4323596 100644
>> --- a/xdiff/xprepare.c
>> +++ b/xdiff/xprepare.c
>> @@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ int xdl_prepare_env(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2, xpparam_t const *xpp,
>>  	long enl1, enl2, sample;
>>  	xdlclassifier_t cf;
>>  
>> +	cf.rchash = NULL;
>> +	cf.ncha.head = NULL;
>
> Would it be more appropriate to use memcpy(&cf, 0, sizeof(cf)) instead, so

Oops, I meant memset(), obviously.

> that we wouldn't have to worry about a similar breakage when a new field
> is added to "struct xdlclassifier" later?
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