[PATCH 1/6] attr: remove the union in struct match_attr

[Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>]

We're going to add more attributes to u.pattern so it'll become bigger
in size than a pointer. There's no point in sharing the same room with
u.attr.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 attr.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 15ebaa1..48df800 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ struct attr_state {
 /*
  * One rule, as from a .gitattributes file.
  *
- * If is_macro is true, then u.attr is a pointer to the git_attr being
+ * If is_macro is true, then attr is a pointer to the git_attr being
  * defined.
  *
- * If is_macro is false, then u.pattern points at the filename pattern
+ * If is_macro is false, then pattern points at the filename pattern
  * to which the rule applies.  (The memory pointed to is part of the
  * memory block allocated for the match_attr instance.)
  *
@@ -131,10 +131,8 @@ struct attr_state {
  * listed as they appear in the file (macros unexpanded).
  */
 struct match_attr {
-	union {
-		char *pattern;
-		struct git_attr *attr;
-	} u;
+	const char *pattern;
+	struct git_attr *attr;
 	char is_macro;
 	unsigned num_attr;
 	struct attr_state state[FLEX_ARRAY];
@@ -240,11 +238,12 @@ static struct match_attr *parse_attr_line(const char *line, const char *src,
 		      sizeof(struct attr_state) * num_attr +
 		      (is_macro ? 0 : namelen + 1));
 	if (is_macro)
-		res->u.attr = git_attr_internal(name, namelen);
+		res->attr = git_attr_internal(name, namelen);
 	else {
-		res->u.pattern = (char *)&(res->state[num_attr]);
-		memcpy(res->u.pattern, name, namelen);
-		res->u.pattern[namelen] = 0;
+		char *p = (char *)&(res->state[num_attr]);
+		memcpy(p, name, namelen);
+		p[namelen] = 0;
+		res->pattern = p;
 	}
 	res->is_macro = is_macro;
 	res->num_attr = num_attr;
@@ -682,7 +681,7 @@ static int fill_one(const char *what, struct match_attr *a, int rem)
 
 		if (*n == ATTR__UNKNOWN) {
 			debug_set(what,
-				  a->is_macro ? a->u.attr->name : a->u.pattern,
+				  a->is_macro ? a->attr->name : a->pattern,
 				  attr, v);
 			*n = v;
 			rem--;
@@ -702,7 +701,7 @@ static int fill(const char *path, int pathlen, struct attr_stack *stk, int rem)
 		if (a->is_macro)
 			continue;
 		if (path_matches(path, pathlen,
-				 a->u.pattern, base, strlen(base)))
+				 a->pattern, base, strlen(base)))
 			rem = fill_one("fill", a, rem);
 	}
 	return rem;
@@ -722,7 +721,7 @@ static int macroexpand_one(int attr_nr, int rem)
 			struct match_attr *ma = stk->attrs[i];
 			if (!ma->is_macro)
 				continue;
-			if (ma->u.attr->attr_nr == attr_nr)
+			if (ma->attr->attr_nr == attr_nr)
 				a = ma;
 		}
 
-- 
1.7.12.1.405.gb727dc9

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