Even the one lockfile object needn't be allocated each time the function is called. Instead, define one statically-allocated lock_file object and reuse it for every call. Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/merge.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c index 0f5c185..d2415fe 100644 --- a/builtin/merge.c +++ b/builtin/merge.c @@ -657,14 +657,14 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common, struct commit_list *remoteheads, struct commit *head, const char *head_arg) { - struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file)); + static struct lock_file lock; - hold_locked_index(lock, 1); + hold_locked_index(&lock, 1); refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET); if (active_cache_changed && - write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) + write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) return error(_("Unable to write index.")); - rollback_lock_file(lock); + rollback_lock_file(&lock); if (!strcmp(strategy, "recursive") || !strcmp(strategy, "subtree")) { int clean, x; @@ -696,13 +696,13 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common, for (j = common; j; j = j->next) commit_list_insert(j->item, &reversed); - hold_locked_index(lock, 1); + hold_locked_index(&lock, 1); clean = merge_recursive(&o, head, remoteheads->item, reversed, &result); if (active_cache_changed && - write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) + write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) die (_("unable to write %s"), get_index_file()); - rollback_lock_file(lock); + rollback_lock_file(&lock); return clean ? 0 : 1; } else { return try_merge_command(strategy, xopts_nr, xopts, -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html