make_transient_cache_entry(): optionally alloc from mem_pool

Allow make_transient_cache_entry() to optionally receive a mem_pool
struct in which it should allocate the entry. This will be used in the
following patch, to store some transient entries which should persist
until parallel checkout finishes.

Signed-off-by: Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 148d9ab5f1..d6dab6c87f 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -356,16 +356,20 @@ struct cache_entry *make_empty_cache_entry(struct index_state *istate,
 					   size_t name_len);
 
 /*
- * Create a cache_entry that is not intended to be added to an index.
- * Caller is responsible for discarding the cache_entry
- * with `discard_cache_entry`.
+ * Create a cache_entry that is not intended to be added to an index. If
+ * `ce_mem_pool` is not NULL, the entry is allocated within the given memory
+ * pool. Caller is responsible for discarding "loose" entries with
+ * `discard_cache_entry()` and the memory pool with
+ * `mem_pool_discard(ce_mem_pool, should_validate_cache_entries())`.
  */
 struct cache_entry *make_transient_cache_entry(unsigned int mode,
 					       const struct object_id *oid,
 					       const char *path,
-					       int stage);
+					       int stage,
+					       struct mem_pool *ce_mem_pool);
 
-struct cache_entry *make_empty_transient_cache_entry(size_t name_len);
+struct cache_entry *make_empty_transient_cache_entry(size_t len,
+						     struct mem_pool *ce_mem_pool);
 
 /*
  * Discard cache entry.