logmsg_reencode: return const buffer

[thirdparty/git.git] / revision.c

diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 71e233742331a435edeadacc7c6a52226bb18b7a..be151ef46206757994dfd1f2976677247f7d730f 100644 (file)
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ static int commit_match(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *opt)
 {
        int retval;
        const char *encoding;
-       char *message;
+       const char *message;
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
        if (!opt->grep_filter.pattern_list && !opt->grep_filter.header_list)
@@ -2830,12 +2830,19 @@ static int commit_match(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *opt)
                format_display_notes(commit->object.sha1, &buf, encoding, 1);
        }
 
-       /* Find either in the original commit message, or in the temporary */
+       /*
+        * Find either in the original commit message, or in the temporary.
+        * Note that we cast away the constness of "message" here. It is
+        * const because it may come from the cached commit buffer. That's OK,
+        * because we know that it is modifiable heap memory, and that while
+        * grep_buffer may modify it for speed, it will restore any
+        * changes before returning.
+        */
        if (buf.len)
                retval = grep_buffer(&opt->grep_filter, buf.buf, buf.len);
        else
                retval = grep_buffer(&opt->grep_filter,
-                                    message, strlen(message));
+                                    (char *)message, strlen(message));
        strbuf_release(&buf);
        logmsg_free(message, commit);
        return retval;