Even the one lockfile object needn't be allocated each time the
function is called.  Instead, define one statically-allocated
lock_file object and reuse it for every call.

Suggested-by: Jeff King <p...@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
 builtin/merge.c | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 0f5c185..d2415fe 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -657,14 +657,14 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, 
struct commit_list *common,
                              struct commit_list *remoteheads,
                              struct commit *head, const char *head_arg)
 {
-       struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
+       static struct lock_file lock;
 
-       hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
+       hold_locked_index(&lock, 1);
        refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
        if (active_cache_changed &&
-           write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
+           write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
                return error(_("Unable to write index."));
-       rollback_lock_file(lock);
+       rollback_lock_file(&lock);
 
        if (!strcmp(strategy, "recursive") || !strcmp(strategy, "subtree")) {
                int clean, x;
@@ -696,13 +696,13 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, 
struct commit_list *common,
                for (j = common; j; j = j->next)
                        commit_list_insert(j->item, &reversed);
 
-               hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
+               hold_locked_index(&lock, 1);
                clean = merge_recursive(&o, head,
                                remoteheads->item, reversed, &result);
                if (active_cache_changed &&
-                   write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
+                   write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
                        die (_("unable to write %s"), get_index_file());
-               rollback_lock_file(lock);
+               rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                return clean ? 0 : 1;
        } else {
                return try_merge_command(strategy, xopts_nr, xopts,
-- 
2.1.0

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