Thread (93 messages) 93 messages, 2 authors, 2017-01-30

[PATCH v2 08/27] attr.c: tighten constness around "git_attr" structure

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From: Brandon Williams <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-23 20:36:51
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

Revision v2 of 3 in this series.

Revisions (3)
  1. v1 [diff vs current]
  2. v2 current
  3. v3 [diff vs current]
From: Junio C Hamano <redacted>

It holds an interned string, and git_attr_name() is a way to peek
into it.  Make sure the involved pointer types are pointer-to-const.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <redacted>
---
 attr.c | 2 +-
 attr.h | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index e42f931b3..f7cf7ae30 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int cannot_trust_maybe_real;
 static struct git_attr_check *check_all_attr;
 static struct git_attr *(git_attr_hash[HASHSIZE]);
 
-char *git_attr_name(struct git_attr *attr)
+const char *git_attr_name(const struct git_attr *attr)
 {
 	return attr->name;
 }
diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h
index 8b08d33af..00d7a662c 100644
--- a/attr.h
+++ b/attr.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extern const char git_attr__false[];
  * Unset one is returned as NULL.
  */
 struct git_attr_check {
-	struct git_attr *attr;
+	const struct git_attr *attr;
 	const char *value;
 };
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct git_attr_check {
  * return value is a pointer to a null-delimited string that is part
  * of the internal data structure; it should not be modified or freed.
  */
-char *git_attr_name(struct git_attr *);
+extern const char *git_attr_name(const struct git_attr *);
 
 int git_check_attr(const char *path, int, struct git_attr_check *);
 
-- 
2.11.0.483.g087da7b7c-goog
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