Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > I happened to notice today that this topic needs a minor tweak: > > -- >8 -- > Subject: [PATCH] add_delta_base_cache: use list_for_each_safe > > We may remove elements from the list while we are iterating, > which requires using a second temporary pointer. Otherwise > stepping to the next element of the list might involve > looking at freed memory (which generally works in practice, > as we _just_ freed it, but of course is wrong to rely on; > valgrind notices it). I failed to notice it, too. Thanks. > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> > --- > sha1_file.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c > index a57b71d..132c861 100644 > --- a/sha1_file.c > +++ b/sha1_file.c > @@ -2187,11 +2187,11 @@ static void add_delta_base_cache(struct packed_git *p, off_t base_offset, > void *base, unsigned long base_size, enum object_type type) > { > struct delta_base_cache_entry *ent = xmalloc(sizeof(*ent)); > - struct list_head *lru; > + struct list_head *lru, *tmp; > > delta_base_cached += base_size; > > - list_for_each(lru, &delta_base_cache_lru) { > + list_for_each_safe(lru, tmp, &delta_base_cache_lru) { > struct delta_base_cache_entry *f = > list_entry(lru, struct delta_base_cache_entry, lru); > if (delta_base_cached <= delta_base_cache_limit)