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From: john at keeping.me.uk (John Keeping)
Subject: [PATCH 14/19] ui-summary.c: use struct strbuf instead of fixed-size buffers
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 13:36:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130407123622.GY2222@serenity.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHmME9ozyyb1Y=_e=NAGtvX-JDXyMEMHakEh-6XhTGYm1zbopw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 02:20:26PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:30 AM, John Keeping <john at keeping.me.uk> wrote:
> >         /* Prepend repo path to relative readme path unless tracked. */
> > -       if (!ref && *ctx.repo->readme != '/')
> > -               ctx.repo->readme = xstrdup(fmt("%s/%s", ctx.repo->path,
> > -                                              ctx.repo->readme));
> > +       if (!ref && *ctx.repo->readme != '/') {
> > +               struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> > +               strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/%s", ctx.repo->path, ctx.repo->readme);
> > +               ctx.repo->readme = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
> > +       }
> 
> I do in fact see the merits of using strbuf and the purpose of this
> patch set, but OTOH, this little chunk here illustrates the downsides
> -- the extra verbosity this adds is really a bummer. Perhaps this
> could be moved into a new fmtalloc helper function, if this pattern is
> common?

That could be sensible.  I didn't do that initially because a lot of the
uses are just:

    allocate
    format
    use
    free

and there is no real saving from a helper in that case, but in case
where we format an then detach the helper could be useful.  I'll do that
in the reroll.




  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-07 12:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-07  9:29 [PATCH 00/19] Fixed-size buffer removal john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 01/19] Fix out-of-bounds memory accesses with virtual_root="" john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 02/19] Remove redundant calls to fmt("%s", ...) john
2013-04-07 11:05   ` Jason
2013-04-07 11:25     ` john
2013-04-07 11:30       ` Jason
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 03/19] cache.c: don't use statically sized buffers for filenames john
2013-04-07 11:11   ` Jason
2013-04-07 11:30     ` john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 04/19] html: introduce html_txtf and html_vtxtf functions john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 05/19] Convert cgit_print_error to a variadic function john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 06/19] scan-tree: use struct strbuf instead of static buffers john
2013-04-07 11:29   ` Jason
2013-04-07 11:33     ` john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 07/19] ui-log.c: use a strbuf for refs john
2013-04-07  9:29 ` [PATCH 08/19] ui-log.c: use a strbuf for grep arguments john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 09/19] ui-plain.c: use struct strbuf instead of fmt() john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 10/19] ui-refs.c: use struct strbuf instead of fixed-size buffers john
2013-04-07 13:08   ` Jason
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 11/19] ui-repolist.c: use struct strbuf for repository paths john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 12/19] ui-snapshot.c: tidy up memory management in write_archive_type john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 13/19] ui-snapshot: use a struct strbuf instead of fixed-size buffers john
2013-04-07 13:25   ` Jason
2013-04-07 13:37     ` john
2013-04-07 13:39       ` Jason
2013-04-07 13:33   ` Jason
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 14/19] ui-summary.c: use " john
2013-04-07 12:20   ` Jason
2013-04-07 12:36     ` john [this message]
2013-04-07 12:41       ` Jason
2013-04-07 12:43         ` Jason
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 15/19] ui-tag.c: use struct strbuf for user-supplied data john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 16/19] ui-tree.c: use struct strbuf instead of fmt() john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 17/19] cgit.c: " john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 18/19] html: add html_attrf to output an attribute value from a format string john
2013-04-07  9:30 ` [PATCH 19/19] ui-shared.c: use struct strbuf instead of fmt() john
2013-04-07 12:37   ` Jason
2013-04-07 12:44     ` john
2013-04-07 12:49     ` cgit
2013-04-07 13:08 ` [PATCH 00/19] Fixed-size buffer removal Jason
2013-04-07 13:14   ` john
2013-04-08 15:31     ` Jason
2013-04-08 17:38       ` john
2013-04-08 18:28         ` Jason
2013-04-07 14:26 ` [PATCH v2 00/22] " john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 01/22] Fix out-of-bounds memory accesses with virtual_root="" john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 02/22] Mark char* fields in struct cgit_page as const john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 03/22] Remove redundant calls to fmt("%s", ...) john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 04/22] html.c: add fmtalloc helper john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 05/22] shared.c: add strbuf_ensure_end john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 06/22] cache.c: don't use statically sized buffers for filenames john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 07/22] html: introduce html_txtf and html_vtxtf functions john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 08/22] Convert cgit_print_error to a variadic function john
2013-04-07 15:01     ` [PATCH 08/22 v3] " john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 09/22] scan-tree: use struct strbuf instead of static buffers john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 10/22] ui-log.c: use a strbuf for refs john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 11/22] ui-log.c: use a strbuf for grep arguments john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 12/22] ui-plain.c: use struct strbuf instead of fmt() john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 13/22] ui-refs.c: use struct strbuf instead of fixed-size buffers john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 14/22] ui-repolist.c: use struct strbuf for repository paths john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 15/22] ui-snapshot.c: tidy up memory management in write_archive_type john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 16/22] ui-snapshot: use a struct strbuf instead of fixed-size buffers john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 17/22] ui-summary.c: use " john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 18/22] ui-tag.c: use struct strbuf for user-supplied data john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 19/22] ui-tree.c: use struct strbuf instead of fmt() john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 20/22] cgit.c: " john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 21/22] html: add html_attrf to output an attribute value from a format string john
2013-04-07 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 22/22] ui-shared.c: use struct strbuf instead of fmt() john
2013-04-07 15:21     ` Jason
2013-04-07 15:43       ` john
2013-04-07 15:46         ` Jason
2013-04-08 10:22         ` cgit
2013-04-08 14:04           ` Jason
2013-04-08 17:40             ` john
2013-04-08 14:23 ` [PATCH 00/19] Fixed-size buffer removal Jason

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