[PATCHv2] fix broken list iteration in clear_child_for_cleanup

2012-09-11 Thread David Gould
We iterate through the list of children to cleanup, but do not keep
our last pointer up to date. As a result, we may end up cutting off
part of the list instead of removing a single element.

Iterate through children_to_clean using 'next' fields but with an
extra level of indirection. This allows us to update the chain when
we remove a child and saves us managing several variables around
the loop mechanism.

Signed-off-by: David Gould da...@optimisefitness.com
Acked-by: Jeff King p...@peff.net
---
PATCHv2 updates PATCH only in the commit message: Peff suggested
both a helpful subject and a more-informative introduction.

 run-command.c |   12 ++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index f9922b9..c42d63b 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ static void mark_child_for_cleanup(pid_t pid)
 
 static void clear_child_for_cleanup(pid_t pid)
 {
-   struct child_to_clean **last, *p;
+   struct child_to_clean **pp;
 
-   last = children_to_clean;
-   for (p = children_to_clean; p; p = p-next) {
-   if (p-pid == pid) {
-   *last = p-next;
-   free(p);
+   for (pp = children_to_clean; *pp; pp = (*pp)-next) {
+   if ((*pp)-pid == pid) {
+   struct child_to_clean *clean_me = *pp;
+   *pp = clean_me-next;
+   free(clean_me);
return;
}
}
-- 
1.7.9.5

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Re: [PATCHv2] fix broken list iteration in clear_child_for_cleanup

2012-09-11 Thread Junio C Hamano
Thanks.
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