Re: [PATCH 1/2] [GSOC] ref-filter: add obj-type check in grab contents
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-03 02:10:34
"ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:
/* See grab_values */ -static void grab_sub_body_contents(struct atom_value *val, int deref, void *buf) +static void grab_sub_body_contents(struct atom_value *val, int deref, void *buf, + struct object *obj)
Neither this step or the next change needs anything but type member
of the 'obj' (and 'buf' is coming from oi.content of the result of
asking about that same 'obj').
I wonder if we should do one of the following:
(1) stop passing "void *buf" and instead "struct expand_data
*data", and use "data->content" to access "buf", which would
allow you to access "data->type" to perform the added check.
(2) instead of adding "struct obj *obj" to the parameters, just add
"enum object_type type", as that is the only thing you need.
Obviously (2) is with lessor impact, but if it can be done safely
without breaking the code [*], (1) would probably be a much more
preferrable direction to go in the longer term.
Side note [*]. A caller is allowed to choose to feed "buf" that
is different from "oi.content" (perhaps buf may sometimes want
to be a utf-8 recoded version of oi.content for certain types of
objects) with the current system, but if we pass expand_data
throughout the callchain, such a caller is broken, for example.