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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, avarab@gmail.com,
	johannes.schindelin@gmx.de, michal.kiedrowicz@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 0/3] grep: almost no more leaks, hopefully no crashes
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:46:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy302cju8.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d239326e-11c3-5875-13a8-f4123baea6eb@web.de> ("René Scharfe"'s message of "Fri, 9 Aug 2019 19:01:02 +0200")

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> So how about starting stupidly simple?  You can test it everywhere, it
> just needs libpcre2.  It works without that library as well (tested with
> "make USE_LIBPCRE= USE_LIBPCRE2= test"), but doesn't allocate anything
> in that case, of course.  The character tables leak fix should be safe
> on top.  If you detect performance issues then we can address them in
> additional patches.
>
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] grep: use xmalloc() for all PCRE2 allocations
>
> Build a PCRE2 global custom context when compiling a pattern and use it
> to tell the library to use xmalloc() for allocations.  This provides
> consistent out-of-memory handling and makes sure it uses a custom
> allocator, e.g. with USE_NED_ALLOCATOR.
>
> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
> ---
> The function names are ridiculously long, I tried to stay within 80
> characters per line but gave up in the end and just kept going without
> line breaks.  Fits the "stupidly simple" approach..

;-)  Thanks for keeping the conversation going.


  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-09 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-05 11:51 [PATCH 0/1] Fix a problem with PCRE2 and nedmalloc, found via Azure Pipelines Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-08-05 11:51 ` [PATCH 1/1] pcre2: allow overriding the system allocator Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-08-05 16:19   ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-05 16:27     ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-05 19:32       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-05 19:26     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-05 21:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-06  6:24       ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-06  8:50       ` [PATCH 0/3] grep: no leaks (WIP) Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-06  8:50         ` [PATCH 1/3] grep: make PCRE1 aware of custom allocator Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-08 13:54           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-08 15:19             ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-06  8:50         ` [PATCH 2/3] grep: make PCRE2 " Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-08 13:56           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-08 14:32             ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-06  8:50         ` [PATCH 3/3] grep: avoid leak of chartables in PCRE2 Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-06 16:36         ` [RFC PATCH v3 0/3] grep: no leaks or crashes (windows testing needed) Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-06 16:36           ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] grep: make PCRE1 aware of custom allocator Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-06 16:36           ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] grep: make PCRE2 " Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-07  5:38             ` René Scharfe
2019-08-07  9:49               ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-07 13:02                 ` René Scharfe
2019-08-07 13:08                   ` [PATCH 1/2] nedmalloc: do assignments only after the declaration section René Scharfe
2019-08-07 13:09                   ` [PATCH 2/2] nedmalloc: avoid compiler warning about unused value René Scharfe
2019-08-08  2:35                   ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/3] grep: make PCRE2 aware of custom allocator Carlo Arenas
2019-08-08  7:07                     ` René Scharfe
2019-08-08 12:38                       ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-08 14:29                         ` René Scharfe
2019-08-08 20:18                           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-07 18:15                 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-06 16:36           ` [RFC PATCH v3 3/3] grep: avoid leak of chartables in PCRE2 Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-06 16:48           ` [RFC PATCH v3 0/3] grep: no leaks or crashes (windows testing needed) Junio C Hamano
2019-08-07 21:39           ` [RFC PATCH v4 " Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-07 21:39             ` [RFC PATCH v4 1/3] grep: make PCRE1 aware of custom allocator Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-07 21:39             ` [RFC PATCH v4 2/3] grep: make PCRE2 " Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-07 22:28               ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-07 21:39             ` [RFC PATCH v4 3/3] grep: avoid leak of chartables in PCRE2 Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-09  3:02             ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/3] grep: almost no more leaks, hopefully no crashes Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-09  3:02               ` [RFC PATCH v5 1/3] grep: make PCRE1 aware of custom allocator Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-09  3:02               ` [RFC PATCH v5 2/3] grep: make PCRE2 " Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-27  9:07                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-27 11:51                   ` Carlo Arenas
2019-10-03  5:02                     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-03  8:08                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-03 11:17                         ` Carlo Arenas
2019-10-03 18:23                           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-03 22:57                           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-09  3:02               ` [RFC PATCH v5 3/3] grep: avoid leak of chartables in PCRE2 Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-09 11:24               ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/3] grep: almost no more leaks, hopefully no crashes Carlo Arenas
2019-08-09 17:01                 ` René Scharfe
2019-08-09 17:46                   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-08-09 21:26                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-10  3:03                     ` [PATCH] SQUASH Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2019-08-10  7:57                       ` René Scharfe
2019-08-10  8:42                         ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-10 19:47                           ` René Scharfe
2019-08-12  7:35                             ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-12 12:14                               ` René Scharfe
2019-08-12 12:28                                 ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-10 13:57                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-10  3:05                     ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/3] grep: almost no more leaks, hopefully no crashes Carlo Arenas
2019-08-10  7:56                       ` René Scharfe
2019-08-10 12:40                         ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-10 21:16                           ` René Scharfe
2019-08-08 20:21           ` [RFC PATCH v3 0/3] grep: no leaks or crashes (windows testing needed) Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-09  6:52             ` Carlo Arenas
2019-08-09 21:13               ` Johannes Schindelin

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