Re: [PATCH 1/2] sideband.c: Use xmalloc() instead of variable-sized arrays.

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Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> @@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out, int err)
>>  {
>>  	unsigned pf = strlen(PREFIX);
>>  	unsigned sf = strlen(SUFFIX);
>> -	char buf[pf + LARGE_PACKET_MAX + sf + 1];
>> +	char *buf, *save;
>> +
>> +	save = xmalloc(sf);
>> +	buf = xmalloc(pf + LARGE_PACKET_MAX + sf + 1);
> 
> I have to wonder if the malloc() overhead is small enough
> compared to the network bandwidth to make a two malloc-free
> pairs per packet a non-issue...

recv_sideband() is called _once_per_connection_ and not for each packet.
Hence, these two mallocs should not concern us.

-- Hannes
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