Add wrapper function for free and strdup

Reduces code in callers and helps avoiding memory leaks.

6 files changed, 19 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/Meter.c b/Meter.c
index 2fe949ef..ed9571df 100644
--- a/Meter.c
+++ b/Meter.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ void Meter_delete(Object* cast) {
 }
 
 void Meter_setCaption(Meter* this, const char* caption) {
-   free(this->caption);
-   this->caption = xStrdup(caption);
+   free_and_xStrdup(&this->caption, caption);
 }
 
 static inline void Meter_displayBuffer(const Meter* this, const char* buffer, RichString* out) {
diff --git a/XUtils.c b/XUtils.c
index fe2d8b9a..9ad8c224 100644
--- a/XUtils.c
+++ b/XUtils.c
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ char* xStrdup(const char* str) {
    return data;
 }
 
+void free_and_xStrdup(char** ptr, const char* str) {
+   if (*ptr && String_eq(*ptr, str))
+      return;
+
+   free(*ptr);
+   *ptr = xStrdup(str);
+}
+
 char* xStrndup(const char* str, size_t len) {
    char* data = strndup(str, len);
    if (!data) {
diff --git a/XUtils.h b/XUtils.h
index 6066aa95..5eb5d63d 100644
--- a/XUtils.h
+++ b/XUtils.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ ATTR_FORMAT(printf, 3, 4)
 int xSnprintf(char* buf, size_t len, const char* fmt, ...);
 
 char* xStrdup(const char* str) ATTR_NONNULL;
+void free_and_xStrdup(char** ptr, const char* str);
 
 char* xStrndup(const char* str, size_t len) ATTR_NONNULL;
 
diff --git a/htop.c b/htop.c
index a8935f40..e59c0282 100644
--- a/htop.c
+++ b/htop.c
@@ -204,9 +204,7 @@ static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
          }
          case 'F': {
             assert(optarg);
-            free(flags.commFilter);
-            flags.commFilter = xStrdup(optarg);
-
+            free_and_xStrdup(&flags.commFilter, optarg);
             break;
          }
          case 'H': {
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
index bfd1cc99..fe6e500d 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
@@ -718,10 +718,8 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readOpenVZData(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t
       switch(field) {
       case 1:
          foundEnvID = true;
-         if (!String_eq(name_value_sep, process->ctid ? process->ctid : "")) {
-            free(process->ctid);
-            process->ctid = xStrdup(name_value_sep);
-         }
+         if (!String_eq(name_value_sep, process->ctid ? process->ctid : ""))
+            free_and_xStrdup(&process->ctid, name_value_sep);
          break;
       case 2:
          foundVPid = true;
@@ -779,8 +777,7 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readCGroupFile(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t
       left -= wrote;
    }
    fclose(file);
-   free(process->cgroup);
-   process->cgroup = xStrdup(output);
+   free_and_xStrdup(&process->cgroup, output);
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_VSERVER
@@ -881,8 +878,7 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readSecattrData(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t
    if (process->secattr && String_eq(process->secattr, buffer)) {
       return;
    }
-   free(process->secattr);
-   process->secattr = xStrdup(buffer);
+   free_and_xStrdup(&process->secattr, buffer);
 }
 
 static void LinuxProcessList_readCwd(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t procFd) {
@@ -907,8 +903,7 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readCwd(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t procFd)
    if (process->cwd && String_eq(process->cwd, pathBuffer))
       return;
 
-   free(process->cwd);
-   process->cwd = xStrdup(pathBuffer);
+   free_and_xStrdup(&process->cwd, pathBuffer);
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DELAYACCT
@@ -1142,8 +1137,7 @@ static bool LinuxProcessList_readCmdlineFile(Process* process, openat_arg_t proc
       command[amtRead - 1] = '\0';
       lp->mergedCommand.maxLen += amtRead - 1;  /* accommodate comm */
       if (!lp->procComm || !String_eq(command, lp->procComm)) {
-         free(lp->procComm);
-         lp->procComm = xStrdup(command);
+         free_and_xStrdup(&lp->procComm, command);
          lp->mergedCommand.commChanged = true;
       }
    } else if (lp->procComm) {
@@ -1166,8 +1160,7 @@ static bool LinuxProcessList_readCmdlineFile(Process* process, openat_arg_t proc
       filename[amtRead] = 0;
       lp->mergedCommand.maxLen += amtRead;  /* accommodate exe */
       if (!lp->procExe || !String_eq(filename, lp->procExe)) {
-         free(lp->procExe);
-         lp->procExe = xStrdup(filename);
+         free_and_xStrdup(&lp->procExe, filename);
          lp->procExeLen = amtRead;
          /* exe is guaranteed to contain at least one /, but validate anyway */
          while (amtRead && filename[--amtRead] != '/')
diff --git a/linux/SystemdMeter.c b/linux/SystemdMeter.c
index 61bb59b3..75c666f8 100644
--- a/linux/SystemdMeter.c
+++ b/linux/SystemdMeter.c
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ static void updateViaExec(void) {
          if (newline) {
             *newline = '\0';
          }
-         free(systemState);
-         systemState = xStrdup(lineBuffer + strlen("SystemState="));
+         free_and_xStrdup(&systemState, lineBuffer + strlen("SystemState="));
       } else if (String_startsWith(lineBuffer, "NFailedUnits=")) {
          nFailedUnits = strtoul(lineBuffer + strlen("NFailedUnits="), NULL, 10);
       } else if (String_startsWith(lineBuffer, "NNames=")) {