Re: [PATCH 1/4] bisect--helper: `bisect_clean_state` shell function in C

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Hey Eric,

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:46 AM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 4:01 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> +       struct string_list *refs = cb_data;
>>>> +       char *ref = xstrfmt("refs/bisect/%s", refname);
>>>
>>> Here you're allocating a string...
>>>
>>>> +       string_list_append(refs, ref);
>>>> +       return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +int bisect_clean_state(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       int result = 0;
>>>> +       struct string_list refs_for_removal = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
>>>> +       for_each_ref_in("refs/bisect/", mark_for_removal, (void *) &refs_for_removal);
>>>
>>> ...and the allocated string gets inserted into a string_list which
>>> itself duplicates the string (STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP), so this is
>>> leaking the string you created with xstrfmt(), isn't it?
>>
>> Yes nice catch. I would prefer using the string_list with
>> STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP and free the ref.
>
> That's unnecessarily wasteful. Better would be to to use STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP.

Sure I will try it out!

Regards,
Pranit Bauva
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