Re: [PATCH v16 Part II 2/8] bisect--helper: `bisect_write` shell function in C

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Hey Martin,

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27 October 2017 at 17:06, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> +static void free_terms(struct bisect_terms *terms)
>> +{
>> +       if (!terms->term_good)
>> +               free((void *) terms->term_good);
>> +       if (!terms->term_bad)
>> +               free((void *) terms->term_bad);
>> +}
>
> These look like no-ops. Remove `!` for correctness, or `if (...)` for
> simplicity, since `free()` can handle NULL.

I probably forgot to do this here. I will make the change.

> You leave the pointers dangling, but you're ok for now since this is the
> last thing that happens in `cmd_bisect__helper()`. Your later patches
> add more users, but they're also ok, since they immediately assign new
> values.
>
> In case you (and others) find it useful, the below is a patch I've been
> sitting on for a while as part of a series to plug various memory-leaks.
> `FREE_AND_NULL_CONST()` would be useful in precisely these situations.

Honestly, I wouldn't be the best person to judge this.

Regards,
Pranit Bauva




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