cleanup: fix possible overflow errors in binary search
A common mistake when writing binary search is to allow possible integer overflow by using the simple average: mid = (min + max) / 2; Instead, use the overflow-safe version: mid = min + (max - min) / 2; This translation is safe since the operation occurs inside a loop conditioned on "min < max". The included changes were found using the following git grep: git grep '/ *2;' '*.c' Making this cleanup will prevent future review friction when a new binary search is contructed based on existing code. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static int get_entry_index(const struct string_list *list, const char *string,
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compare_strings_fn cmp = list->cmp ? list->cmp : strcmp;
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while (left + 1 < right) {
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int middle = (left + right) / 2;
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int middle = left + (right - left) / 2;
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int compare = cmp(string, list->items[middle].string);
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if (compare < 0)
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right = middle;
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