On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> These `struct lock_file`s are local to their respective functions and we
> can drop their staticness.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> apply.c | 2 +-
> builtin/describe.c | 2 +-
> builtin/difftool.c | 2 +-
> builtin/gc.c | 2 +-
> builtin/merge.c | 4 ++--
> builtin/receive-pack.c | 2 +-
> bundle.c | 2 +-
> fast-import.c | 2 +-
> refs/files-backend.c | 2 +-
> shallow.c | 2 +-
> 10 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
> index 7e5792c996..07b14d1127 100644
> --- a/apply.c
> +++ b/apply.c
> @@ -4058,7 +4058,7 @@ static int build_fake_ancestor(struct apply_state *state, struct patch *list)
> {
> struct patch *patch;
> struct index_state result = { NULL };
> - static struct lock_file lock;
> + struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
Is it really safe to do this? I vaguely remember something about
(global) linked list and signal handling which could trigger any time
and probably at atexit() time too (i.e. die()). You don't want to
depend on stack-based variables in that case.
--
Duy
