# Re: \[PATCH v8 5/7\] progress.c: add temporary variable from progress struct

- From: René Scharfe \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-12-28 16:05:37 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/12/7916956
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/10/7904401/t.md

```text
Am 28.12.21 um 16:19 schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason:
> Since 98a13647408 (trace2: log progress time and throughput,
> 2020-05-12) stop_progress() dereferences a "struct progress **"
> parameter in several places. Extract a dereferenced variable (like in
> stop_progress_msg()) to reduce clutter and make it clearer who needs
> to write to this parameter.
>
> Now instead of using "*p_progress" several times in stop_progress() we
> check it once for NULL and then use a dereferenced "progress" variable
> thereafter. This continues the same pattern used in the above
> stop_progress() function, see ac900fddb7f (progress: don't dereference
> before checking for NULL, 2020-08-10).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <redacted>
> ---
>  progress.c | 14 ++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
> index 680c6a8bf93..688749648be 100644
> --- a/progress.c
> +++ b/progress.c
> @@ -319,21 +319,23 @@ static void finish_if_sparse(struct progress *progress)
>
>  void stop_progress(struct progress **p_progress)
>  {
> +	struct progress *progress;
>  	if (!p_progress)
>  		BUG("don't provide NULL to stop_progress");
> +	progress = *p_progress;
>
> -	finish_if_sparse(*p_progress);
> +	finish_if_sparse(progress);
>
> -	if (*p_progress) {
> +	if (progress) {
>  		trace2_data_intmax("progress", the_repository, "total_objects",
> -				   (*p_progress)->total);
> +				   progress->total);
>
> -		if ((*p_progress)->throughput)
> +		if (progress->throughput)
>  			trace2_data_intmax("progress", the_repository,
>  					   "total_bytes",
> -					   (*p_progress)->throughput->curr_total);
> +					   progress->throughput->curr_total);
>
> -		trace2_region_leave("progress", (*p_progress)->title, the_repository);
> +		trace2_region_leave("progress", progress->title, the_repository);
>  	}
>
>  	stop_progress_msg(p_progress, _("done"));

This patch is trivially correct, but I wonder why all that code is here
instead of in stop_progress_msg().  I would expect stop_progress() to be
a thin wrapper that just provides a default message, but actually it
handles sparse progress and tracing.  Isn't both necessary even with a
custom message?

In any case, moving the code there becomes easier after this patch.

René
```