* operation. */
int dictReplace(dict *ht, void *key, void *val)
{
- dictEntry *entry;
+ dictEntry *entry, auxentry;
/* Try to add the element. If the key
* does not exists dictAdd will suceed. */
/* It already exists, get the entry */
entry = dictFind(ht, key);
/* Free the old value and set the new one */
- dictFreeEntryVal(ht, entry);
+ /* Set the new value and free the old one. Note that it is important
+ * to do that in this order, as the value may just be exactly the same
+ * as the previous one. In this context, think to reference counting,
+ * you want to increment (set), and then decrement (free), and not the
+ * reverse. */
+ auxentry = *entry;
dictSetHashVal(ht, entry, val);
+ dictFreeEntryVal(ht, &auxentry);
return 0;
}
tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[2]);
/* note that c->argv[3] is already encoded, as the latest arg
* of a bulk command is always integer encoded if possible. */
- if (dictAdd(o->ptr,c->argv[2],c->argv[3]) == DICT_OK) {
+ if (dictReplace(o->ptr,c->argv[2],c->argv[3])) {
incrRefCount(c->argv[2]);
} else {
update = 1;