Statically allocate NameBuff

src/nvim/ex_cmds.c

@@ -5156,7 +5156,11 @@ void fix_help_buffer(void)
           /* Find all "doc/ *.txt" files in this directory. */
           add_pathsep(NameBuff);
           STRCAT(NameBuff, "doc/*.??[tx]");
-          if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, &NameBuff, &fcount,
+
+          // Note: We cannot just do `&NameBuff` because it is a statically sized array
+          //       so `NameBuff == &NameBuff` according to C semantics.
+          char_u *buff_list[1] = {(char_u*) NameBuff};
+          if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, buff_list, &fcount,
                   &fnames, EW_FILE|EW_SILENT) == OK
               && fcount > 0) {
             int i1;
@@ -5324,7 +5328,11 @@ void ex_helptags(exarg_T *eap)
   STRCPY(NameBuff, dirname);
   add_pathsep(NameBuff);
   STRCAT(NameBuff, "**");
-  if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, &NameBuff, &filecount, &files,
+
+  // Note: We cannot just do `&NameBuff` because it is a statically sized array
+  //       so `NameBuff == &NameBuff` according to C semantics.
+  char_u *buff_list[1] = {(char_u*) NameBuff};
+  if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, buff_list, &filecount, &files,
           EW_FILE|EW_SILENT) == FAIL
       || filecount == 0) {
     EMSG2("E151: No match: %s", NameBuff);
@@ -5422,7 +5430,11 @@ helptags_one (
   STRCPY(NameBuff, dir);
   STRCAT(NameBuff, "/**/*");
   STRCAT(NameBuff, ext);
-  if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, &NameBuff, &filecount, &files,
+
+  // Note: We cannot just do `&NameBuff` because it is a statically sized array
+  //       so `NameBuff == &NameBuff` according to C semantics.
+  char_u *buff_list[1] = {(char_u*) NameBuff};
+  if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, buff_list, &filecount, &files,
           EW_FILE|EW_SILENT) == FAIL
       || filecount == 0) {
     if (!got_int)

src/nvim/globals.h

@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@
 # define MSG_BUF_CLEN  (MSG_BUF_LEN / 6) // cell length (worst case: utf-8
                                          // takes 6 bytes for one cell)
 
+/*
+ * Maximum length of a path (for non-unix systems) Make it a bit long, to stay
+ * on the safe side.  But not too long to put on the stack.
+ * TODO(metrix78): Move this to os_defs.h
+ */
+#ifndef MAXPATHL
+# ifdef MAXPATHLEN
+#  define MAXPATHL  MAXPATHLEN
+# else
+#  define MAXPATHL  256
+# endif
+#endif
+
+
 /* Values for "starting" */
 #define NO_SCREEN       2       /* no screen updating yet */
 #define NO_BUFFERS      1       /* not all buffers loaded yet */
@@ -841,10 +855,8 @@ EXTERN int swap_exists_action INIT(= SEA_NONE);
 EXTERN int swap_exists_did_quit INIT(= FALSE);
 /* Selected "quit" at the dialog. */
 
-EXTERN char_u   IObuff[IOSIZE];         /* sprintf's are done in this buffer,
-                                           size is IOSIZE */
-EXTERN char_u   *NameBuff;              /* file names are expanded in this
-                                         * buffer, size is MAXPATHL */
+EXTERN char_u IObuff[IOSIZE];       /* sprintf's are done in this buffer */
+EXTERN char_u NameBuff[MAXPATHL];   /* buffer for expanding file names */
 EXTERN char_u msg_buf[MSG_BUF_LEN]; /* small buffer for messages */
 
 /* When non-zero, postpone redrawing. */

src/nvim/main.c

@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   char_u      *fname = NULL;            /* file name from command line */
   mparm_T params;                       /* various parameters passed between
                                          * main() and other functions. */
-  /*
-   * Do any system-specific initialisations.  These can NOT use IObuff or
-   * NameBuff.  Thus emsg2() cannot be called!
-   */
   mch_early_init();
 
   /* Many variables are in "params" so that we can pass them to invoked
@@ -167,12 +163,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   /* Init the table of Normal mode commands. */
   init_normal_cmds();
 
-  /*
-   * Allocate space for the generic buffers (needed for set_init_1() and
-   * EMSG2()).
-   */
-  allocate_generic_buffers();
-
 #if defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H) || defined(X_LOCALE)
   /*
    * Setup to use the current locale (for ctype() and many other things).
@@ -1476,16 +1466,6 @@ static void init_startuptime(mparm_T *paramp)
   starttime = time(NULL);
 }
 
-/*
- * Allocate space for the generic buffers (needed for set_init_1() and
- * EMSG2()).
- */
-static void allocate_generic_buffers(void)
-{
-  NameBuff = xmalloc(MAXPATHL);
-  TIME_MSG("Allocated generic buffers");
-}
-
 /*
  * Check if we have an interactive window.
  * On the Amiga: If there is no window, we open one with a newcli command

src/nvim/memory.c

@@ -510,8 +510,6 @@ void free_all_mem(void)
   free_screenlines();
 
   clear_hl_tables();
-
-  free(NameBuff);
 }
 
 #endif

src/nvim/quickfix.c

@@ -3540,7 +3540,11 @@ void ex_helpgrep(exarg_T *eap)
       /* Find all "*.txt" and "*.??x" files in the "doc" directory. */
       add_pathsep(NameBuff);
       STRCAT(NameBuff, "doc/*.\\(txt\\|??x\\)");
-      if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, &NameBuff, &fcount,
+
+      // Note: We cannot just do `&NameBuff` because it is a statically sized array
+      //       so `NameBuff == &NameBuff` according to C semantics.
+      char_u *buff_list[1] = {(char_u*) NameBuff};
+      if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, buff_list, &fcount,
               &fnames, EW_FILE|EW_SILENT) == OK
           && fcount > 0) {
         for (fi = 0; fi < fcount && !got_int; ++fi) {

src/nvim/tempfile.c

@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ void vim_deltempdir(void)
 
     char_u **files;
     int file_count;
-    if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, &NameBuff, &file_count, &files,
+
+    // Note: We cannot just do `&NameBuff` because it is a statically
+    //       sized array so `NameBuff == &NameBuff` according to C semantics.
+    char_u *buff_list[1] = {(char_u*) NameBuff};
+    if (gen_expand_wildcards(1, buff_list, &file_count, &files,
         EW_DIR|EW_FILE|EW_SILENT) == OK) {
       for (int i = 0; i < file_count; ++i) {
         os_remove((char *)files[i]);

src/nvim/vim.h

@@ -45,18 +45,6 @@ Error: configure did not run properly.Check auto/config.log.
 
 #include "nvim/os_unix_defs.h"       /* bring lots of system header files */
 
-/*
- * Maximum length of a path (for non-unix systems) Make it a bit long, to stay
- * on the safe side.  But not too long to put on the stack.
- */
-#ifndef MAXPATHL
-# ifdef MAXPATHLEN
-#  define MAXPATHL  MAXPATHLEN
-# else
-#  define MAXPATHL  256
-# endif
-#endif
-
 #define NUMBUFLEN 30        /* length of a buffer to store a number in ASCII */
 
 # define MAX_TYPENR 65535

test/unit/tempfile_spec.lua

@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ local tempfile = helpers.cimport './src/nvim/tempfile.h'
 
 describe('tempfile related functions', function()
   after_each(function()
-    -- This won't work because vim_deltempdir() uses global buffer
-    -- that is initialized in main() and main() is not called for unit tests.
-    -- But it is not a big problem: all tests can work with or without it.
-    -- tempfile.vim_deltempdir()
+    tempfile.vim_deltempdir()
   end)
 
   local vim_gettempdir = function()