On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 11:13:15PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > + if (f->skip_hash) > > + memset(f->buffer, 0, the_hash_algo->rawsz); > > Here you're hardcoding a new version of null_oid(), but we can use it > instead. Perhaps: > > diff --git a/csum-file.c b/csum-file.c > index 3243473c3d7..b54c4f66cbb 100644 > --- a/csum-file.c > +++ b/csum-file.c > @@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ int finalize_hashfile(struct hashfile *f, unsigned char *result, > enum fsync_component component, unsigned int flags) > { > int fd; > + const struct object_id *const noid = null_oid(); > > hashflush(f); > > if (f->skip_hash) > - memset(f->buffer, 0, the_hash_algo->rawsz); > + memcpy(f->buffer, noid, sizeof(*noid)); > else > the_hash_algo->final_fn(f->buffer, &f->ctx); I don't think that's quite right; the object_id struct has other stuff in it. You'd probably want: hashcpy(f->buffer, null_oid()); But I think we already have a helper to just do it directly: hashclr(f->buffer); -Peff