~michel-slm/coreutils: split: do not shrink hold buffer

~michel-slm/coreutils

c4c5ed8f4e9cd55a12966d4f520e3a13101637d9 — Paul Eggert 8 months ago b09dc63

split: do not shrink hold buffer

* src/split.c (line_bytes_split): Do not shrink hold buffer.
If it’s large for this batch it’s likely to be large for the next
batch, and for ‘split’ it’s not worth the complexity/CPU hassle to
shrink it.  Do not assume hold_size can be bufsize.

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1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

M src/split.c

M src/split.c => src/split.c +0 -3

@@ 809,10 809,7 @@ line_bytes_split (intmax_t n_bytes, char *buf, idx_t bufsize)
             {
               cwrite (n_out == 0, hold, n_hold);
               n_out += n_hold;
-              if (n_hold > bufsize)
-                hold = xirealloc (hold, bufsize);
               n_hold = 0;
-              hold_size = bufsize;
             }
 
           /* Output to eol if present.  */