discard_cache doesn't have to free the array of cache entries, because
the next call of read_cache can simply reuse it, as they all operate on
the global variable the_index.
discard_index on the other hand does have to free it, because it can be
used e.g. with index_state variables on the stack, in which case a
missing free would cause an unrecoverable leak. This patch releases the
memory and removes a comment that was relevant for discard_cache but has
become outdated.
Since discard_cache is just a wrapper around discard_index nowadays, we
lose the optimization that avoids reallocation of that array within
loops of read_cache and discard_cache. That doesn't cause a performance
regression for me, however (HEAD = this patch, HEAD^ = master + p0002):
Test // HEAD^ HEAD
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0002.1: read_ca// 1000 times 0.62(0.58+0.04) 0.61(0.58+0.02) -1.6%
Suggested-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>