Do not use memcmp(sha1_1, sha1_2, 20) with hardcoded length.

Introduces global inline:

	hashcmp(const unsigned char *sha1, const unsigned char *sha2)

Uses memcmp for comparison and returns the result based on the length of
the hash name (a future runtime decision).

Acked-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

31 files changed, 74 insertions, 71 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-commit-tree.c b/builtin-commit-tree.c
index 9c9879667..e2e690a1a 100644
--- a/builtin-commit-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-commit-tree.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int new_parent(int idx)
 	int i;
 	unsigned char *sha1 = parent_sha1[idx];
 	for (i = 0; i < idx; i++) {
-		if (!memcmp(parent_sha1[i], sha1, 20)) {
+		if (!hashcmp(parent_sha1[i], sha1)) {
 			error("duplicate parent %s ignored", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 			return 0;
 		}
diff --git a/builtin-diff-stages.c b/builtin-diff-stages.c
index 5960e0899..70bb89808 100644
--- a/builtin-diff-stages.c
+++ b/builtin-diff-stages.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void diff_stages(int stage1, int stage2, const char **pathspec)
 		else if (!two)
 			diff_addremove(&diff_options, '-', ntohl(one->ce_mode),
 				       one->sha1, name, NULL);
-		else if (memcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1, 20) ||
+		else if (hashcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1) ||
 			 (one->ce_mode != two->ce_mode) ||
 			 diff_options.find_copies_harder)
 			diff_change(&diff_options,
diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 40e5c96f3..874f77342 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void stuff_change(struct diff_options *opt,
 	struct diff_filespec *one, *two;
 
 	if (!is_null_sha1(old_sha1) && !is_null_sha1(new_sha1) &&
-	    !memcmp(old_sha1, new_sha1, 20))
+	    !hashcmp(old_sha1, new_sha1))
 		return;
 
 	if (opt->reverse_diff) {
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 448461bc4..f19f0d604 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static int locate_object_entry_hash(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	memcpy(&ui, sha1, sizeof(unsigned int));
 	i = ui % object_ix_hashsz;
 	while (0 < object_ix[i]) {
-		if (!memcmp(sha1, objects[object_ix[i]-1].sha1, 20))
+		if (!hashcmp(sha1, objects[object_ix[i] - 1].sha1))
 			return i;
 		if (++i == object_ix_hashsz)
 			i = 0;
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static struct pbase_tree_cache *pbase_tree_get(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	 */
 	for (neigh = 0; neigh < 8; neigh++) {
 		ent = pbase_tree_cache[my_ix];
-		if (ent && !memcmp(ent->sha1, sha1, 20)) {
+		if (ent && !hashcmp(ent->sha1, sha1)) {
 			ent->ref++;
 			return ent;
 		}
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static void add_preferred_base(unsigned char *sha1)
 		return;
 
 	for (it = pbase_tree; it; it = it->next) {
-		if (!memcmp(it->pcache.sha1, tree_sha1, 20)) {
+		if (!hashcmp(it->pcache.sha1, tree_sha1)) {
 			free(data);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ static struct object_entry **create_sorted_list(entry_sort_t sort)
 
 static int sha1_sort(const struct object_entry *a, const struct object_entry *b)
 {
-	return memcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1, 20);
+	return hashcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1);
 }
 
 static struct object_entry **create_final_object_list(void)
diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c
index 95fbf77fa..18786f88e 100644
--- a/builtin-show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-show-branch.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int append_head_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1)
 	/* If both heads/foo and tags/foo exists, get_sha1 would
 	 * get confused.
 	 */
-	if (get_sha1(refname + ofs, tmp) || memcmp(tmp, sha1, 20))
+	if (get_sha1(refname + ofs, tmp) || hashcmp(tmp, sha1))
 		ofs = 5;
 	return append_ref(refname + ofs, sha1);
 }
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int rev_is_head(char *head_path, int headlen, char *name,
 {
 	int namelen;
 	if ((!head_path[0]) ||
-	    (head_sha1 && sha1 && memcmp(head_sha1, sha1, 20)))
+	    (head_sha1 && sha1 && hashcmp(head_sha1, sha1)))
 		return 0;
 	namelen = strlen(name);
 	if ((headlen < namelen) ||
diff --git a/builtin-unpack-objects.c b/builtin-unpack-objects.c
index 63f4b8e45..f0ae5c987 100644
--- a/builtin-unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-unpack-objects.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void added_object(unsigned char *sha1, const char *type, void *data, unsi
 	struct delta_info *info;
 
 	while ((info = *p) != NULL) {
-		if (!memcmp(info->base_sha1, sha1, 20)) {
+		if (!hashcmp(info->base_sha1, sha1)) {
 			*p = info->next;
 			p = &delta_list;
 			resolve_delta(type, data, size, info->delta, info->size);
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ int cmd_unpack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	unpack_all();
 	SHA1_Update(&ctx, buffer, offset);
 	SHA1_Final(sha1, &ctx);
-	if (memcmp(fill(20), sha1, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(fill(20), sha1))
 		die("final sha1 did not match");
 	use(20);
 
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 9f0cf28ba..5dd91af18 100644
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int unresolve_one(const char *path)
 		ret = -1;
 		goto free_return;
 	}
-	if (!memcmp(ce_2->sha1, ce_3->sha1, 20) &&
+	if (!hashcmp(ce_2->sha1, ce_3->sha1) &&
 	    ce_2->ce_mode == ce_3->ce_mode) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: identical in both, skipping.\n",
 			path);
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static int do_reupdate(int ac, const char **av,
 			old = read_one_ent(NULL, head_sha1,
 					   ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0);
 		if (old && ce->ce_mode == old->ce_mode &&
-		    !memcmp(ce->sha1, old->sha1, 20)) {
+		    !hashcmp(ce->sha1, old->sha1)) {
 			free(old);
 			continue; /* unchanged */
 		}
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index c7382996f..f99254bf9 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ static inline int is_null_sha1(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	return !memcmp(sha1, null_sha1, 20);
 }
+static inline int hashcmp(const unsigned char *sha1, const unsigned char *sha2)
+{
+	return memcmp(sha1, sha2, 20);
+}
 
 int git_mkstemp(char *path, size_t n, const char *template);
 
diff --git a/combine-diff.c b/combine-diff.c
index ce063b4ff..0682acd50 100644
--- a/combine-diff.c
+++ b/combine-diff.c
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ static void show_patch_diff(struct combine_diff_path *elem, int num_parent,
 	for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++) {
 		int j;
 		for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-			if (!memcmp(elem->parent[i].sha1,
-				    elem->parent[j].sha1, 20)) {
+			if (!hashcmp(elem->parent[i].sha1,
+				     elem->parent[j].sha1)) {
 				reuse_combine_diff(sline, cnt, i, j);
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 972d1b70c..d17451fbf 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int commit_graft_pos(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	while (lo < hi) {
 		int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
 		struct commit_graft *graft = commit_graft[mi];
-		int cmp = memcmp(sha1, graft->sha1, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp(sha1, graft->sha1);
 		if (!cmp)
 			return mi;
 		if (cmp < 0)
diff --git a/convert-objects.c b/convert-objects.c
index 168771ed8..4e7ff7517 100644
--- a/convert-objects.c
+++ b/convert-objects.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static struct entry *lookup_entry(unsigned char *sha1)
 	while (low < high) {
 		int next = (low + high) / 2;
 		struct entry *n = convert[next];
-		int cmp = memcmp(sha1, n->old_sha1, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp(sha1, n->old_sha1);
 		if (!cmp)
 			return n;
 		if (cmp < 0) {
diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index 116b5a9d6..3e4b3b96b 100644
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int show_modified(struct rev_info *revs,
 	}
 
 	oldmode = old->ce_mode;
-	if (mode == oldmode && !memcmp(sha1, old->sha1, 20) &&
+	if (mode == oldmode && !hashcmp(sha1, old->sha1) &&
 	    !revs->diffopt.find_copies_harder)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 7a238d023..da7cca195 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ static int work_tree_matches(const char *name, const unsigned char *sha1)
 	if ((lstat(name, &st) < 0) ||
 	    !S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || /* careful! */
 	    ce_match_stat(ce, &st, 0) ||
-	    memcmp(sha1, ce->sha1, 20))
+	    hashcmp(sha1, ce->sha1))
 		return 0;
 	/* we return 1 only when we can stat, it is a regular file,
 	 * stat information matches, and sha1 recorded in the cache
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ static struct sha1_size_cache *locate_size_cache(unsigned char *sha1,
 	while (last > first) {
 		int cmp, next = (last + first) >> 1;
 		e = sha1_size_cache[next];
-		cmp = memcmp(e->sha1, sha1, 20);
+		cmp = hashcmp(e->sha1, sha1);
 		if (!cmp)
 			return e;
 		if (cmp < 0) {
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ static void run_diff(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o)
 		;
 	}
 
-	if (memcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1, 20)) {
+	if (hashcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1)) {
 		int abbrev = o->full_index ? 40 : DEFAULT_ABBREV;
 
 		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ int diff_unmodified_pair(struct diff_filepair *p)
 	 * dealing with a change.
 	 */
 	if (one->sha1_valid && two->sha1_valid &&
-	    !memcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1, sizeof(one->sha1)))
+	    !hashcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1))
 		return 1; /* no change */
 	if (!one->sha1_valid && !two->sha1_valid)
 		return 1; /* both look at the same file on the filesystem. */
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static void diff_resolve_rename_copy(void)
 			if (!p->status)
 				p->status = DIFF_STATUS_RENAMED;
 		}
-		else if (memcmp(p->one->sha1, p->two->sha1, 20) ||
+		else if (hashcmp(p->one->sha1, p->two->sha1) ||
 			 p->one->mode != p->two->mode)
 			p->status = DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED;
 		else {
diff --git a/diffcore-break.c b/diffcore-break.c
index ed0e14c6d..acb18db1d 100644
--- a/diffcore-break.c
+++ b/diffcore-break.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int should_break(struct diff_filespec *src,
 		return 0; /* leave symlink rename alone */
 
 	if (src->sha1_valid && dst->sha1_valid &&
-	    !memcmp(src->sha1, dst->sha1, 20))
+	    !hashcmp(src->sha1, dst->sha1))
 		return 0; /* they are the same */
 
 	if (diff_populate_filespec(src, 0) || diff_populate_filespec(dst, 0))
diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index 0ec488a90..ef239012b 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int is_exact_match(struct diff_filespec *src,
 			  int contents_too)
 {
 	if (src->sha1_valid && dst->sha1_valid &&
-	    !memcmp(src->sha1, dst->sha1, 20))
+	    !hashcmp(src->sha1, dst->sha1))
 		return 1;
 	if (!contents_too)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/dump-cache-tree.c b/dump-cache-tree.c
index 1ccaf5177..1f73f1ea7 100644
--- a/dump-cache-tree.c
+++ b/dump-cache-tree.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int dump_cache_tree(struct cache_tree *it,
 	}
 	else {
 		dump_one(it, pfx, "");
-		if (memcmp(it->sha1, ref->sha1, 20) ||
+		if (hashcmp(it->sha1, ref->sha1) ||
 		    ref->entry_count != it->entry_count ||
 		    ref->subtree_nr != it->subtree_nr) {
 			dump_one(ref, pfx, "#(ref) ");
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index 7f07d2a96..d1f74b443 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static void finish_object_request(struct object_request *obj_req)
 		unlink(obj_req->tmpfile);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (memcmp(obj_req->sha1, obj_req->real_sha1, 20)) {
+	if (hashcmp(obj_req->sha1, obj_req->real_sha1)) {
 		unlink(obj_req->tmpfile);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct object_request *obj_req = object_queue_head;
 
-	while (obj_req != NULL && memcmp(obj_req->sha1, sha1, 20))
+	while (obj_req != NULL && hashcmp(obj_req->sha1, sha1))
 		obj_req = obj_req->next;
 	if (obj_req == NULL)
 		return error("Couldn't find request for %s in the queue", hex);
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int fetch_object(struct alt_base *repo, unsigned char *sha1)
 	} else if (obj_req->zret != Z_STREAM_END) {
 		corrupt_object_found++;
 		ret = error("File %s (%s) corrupt", hex, obj_req->url);
-	} else if (memcmp(obj_req->sha1, obj_req->real_sha1, 20)) {
+	} else if (hashcmp(obj_req->sha1, obj_req->real_sha1)) {
 		ret = error("File %s has bad hash", hex);
 	} else if (obj_req->rename < 0) {
 		ret = error("unable to write sha1 filename %s",
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 2bd984576..48497797f 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static void finish_request(struct transfer_request *request)
 			SHA1_Final(request->real_sha1, &request->c);
 			if (request->zret != Z_STREAM_END) {
 				unlink(request->tmpfile);
-			} else if (memcmp(request->obj->sha1, request->real_sha1, 20)) {
+			} else if (hashcmp(request->obj->sha1, request->real_sha1)) {
 				unlink(request->tmpfile);
 			} else {
 				request->rename =
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		if (!ref->peer_ref)
 			continue;
-		if (!memcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1, 20)) {
+		if (!hashcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1)) {
 			if (push_verbosely || 1)
 				fprintf(stderr, "'%s': up-to-date\n", ref->name);
 			continue;
diff --git a/index-pack.c b/index-pack.c
index b20659c25..96ea68746 100644
--- a/index-pack.c
+++ b/index-pack.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void parse_pack_header(void)
 	SHA1_Init(&ctx);
 	SHA1_Update(&ctx, pack_base, pack_size - 20);
 	SHA1_Final(sha1, &ctx);
-	if (memcmp(sha1, pack_base + pack_size - 20, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, pack_base + pack_size - 20))
 		die("packfile '%s' SHA1 mismatch", pack_name);
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int find_delta(const unsigned char *base_sha1)
                 struct delta_entry *delta = &deltas[next];
                 int cmp;
 
-                cmp = memcmp(base_sha1, delta->base_sha1, 20);
+                cmp = hashcmp(base_sha1, delta->base_sha1);
                 if (!cmp)
                         return next;
                 if (cmp < 0) {
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ static int find_deltas_based_on_sha1(const unsigned char *base_sha1,
 
 	if (first < 0)
 		return -1;
-	while (first > 0 && !memcmp(deltas[first-1].base_sha1, base_sha1, 20))
+	while (first > 0 && !hashcmp(deltas[first - 1].base_sha1, base_sha1))
 		--first;
-	while (last < end && !memcmp(deltas[last+1].base_sha1, base_sha1, 20))
+	while (last < end && !hashcmp(deltas[last + 1].base_sha1, base_sha1))
 		++last;
 	*first_index = first;
 	*last_index = last;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int compare_delta_entry(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 	const struct delta_entry *delta_a = a;
 	const struct delta_entry *delta_b = b;
-	return memcmp(delta_a->base_sha1, delta_b->base_sha1, 20);
+	return hashcmp(delta_a->base_sha1, delta_b->base_sha1);
 }
 
 static void parse_pack_objects(void)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int sha1_compare(const void *_a, const void *_b)
 {
 	struct object_entry *a = *(struct object_entry **)_a;
 	struct object_entry *b = *(struct object_entry **)_b;
-	return memcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1, 20);
+	return hashcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1);
 }
 
 static void write_index_file(const char *index_name, unsigned char *sha1)
diff --git a/merge-tree.c b/merge-tree.c
index 7cf00be6d..c2e9a867e 100644
--- a/merge-tree.c
+++ b/merge-tree.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int same_entry(struct name_entry *a, struct name_entry *b)
 {
 	return	a->sha1 &&
 		b->sha1 &&
-		!memcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1, 20) &&
+		!hashcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1) &&
 		a->mode == b->mode;
 }
 
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index b5d8ed467..fdcfff7c8 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct object *lookup_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 
 	i = hashtable_index(sha1);
 	while ((obj = obj_hash[i]) != NULL) {
-		if (!memcmp(sha1, obj->sha1, 20))
+		if (!hashcmp(sha1, obj->sha1))
 			break;
 		i++;
 		if (i == obj_hash_size)
diff --git a/pack-check.c b/pack-check.c
index 3a62e1b7e..04c6c0082 100644
--- a/pack-check.c
+++ b/pack-check.c
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct packed_git *p)
 	pack_base = p->pack_base;
 	SHA1_Update(&ctx, pack_base, pack_size - 20);
 	SHA1_Final(sha1, &ctx);
-	if (memcmp(sha1, (char *) pack_base + pack_size - 20, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, (unsigned char *)pack_base + pack_size - 20))
 		return error("Packfile %s SHA1 mismatch with itself",
 			     p->pack_name);
-	if (memcmp(sha1, (char *) index_base + index_size - 40, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, (unsigned char *)index_base + index_size - 40))
 		return error("Packfile %s SHA1 mismatch with idx",
 			     p->pack_name);
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int verify_pack(struct packed_git *p, int verbose)
 	SHA1_Init(&ctx);
 	SHA1_Update(&ctx, index_base, index_size - 20);
 	SHA1_Final(sha1, &ctx);
-	if (memcmp(sha1, (char *) index_base + index_size - 20, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, (unsigned char *)index_base + index_size - 20))
 		ret = error("Packfile index for %s SHA1 mismatch",
 			    p->pack_name);
 
diff --git a/pack-redundant.c b/pack-redundant.c
index 92a09ed36..edb5524fc 100644
--- a/pack-redundant.c
+++ b/pack-redundant.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static inline struct llist_item *llist_insert_sorted_unique(struct llist *list,
 
 	l = (hint == NULL) ? list->front : hint;
 	while (l) {
-		int cmp = memcmp(l->sha1, sha1, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp(l->sha1, sha1);
 		if (cmp > 0) { /* we insert before this entry */
 			return llist_insert(list, prev, sha1);
 		}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ redo_from_start:
 	l = (hint == NULL) ? list->front : hint;
 	prev = NULL;
 	while (l) {
-		int cmp = memcmp(l->sha1, sha1, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp(l->sha1, sha1);
 		if (cmp > 0) /* not in list, since sorted */
 			return prev;
 		if(!cmp) { /* found */
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void cmp_two_packs(struct pack_list *p1, struct pack_list *p2)
 	while (p1_off <= p1->pack->index_size - 3 * 20 &&
 	       p2_off <= p2->pack->index_size - 3 * 20)
 	{
-		int cmp = memcmp(p1_base + p1_off, p2_base + p2_off, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp(p1_base + p1_off, p2_base + p2_off);
 		/* cmp ~ p1 - p2 */
 		if (cmp == 0) {
 			p1_hint = llist_sorted_remove(p1->unique_objects,
@@ -351,16 +351,16 @@ static size_t sizeof_union(struct packed_git *p1, struct packed_git *p2)
 {
 	size_t ret = 0;
 	int p1_off, p2_off;
-	char *p1_base, *p2_base;
+	unsigned char *p1_base, *p2_base;
 
 	p1_off = p2_off = 256 * 4 + 4;
-	p1_base = (char *)p1->index_base;
-	p2_base = (char *)p2->index_base;
+	p1_base = (unsigned char *)p1->index_base;
+	p2_base = (unsigned char *)p2->index_base;
 
 	while (p1_off <= p1->index_size - 3 * 20 &&
 	       p2_off <= p2->index_size - 3 * 20)
 	{
-		int cmp = memcmp(p1_base + p1_off, p2_base + p2_off, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp(p1_base + p1_off, p2_base + p2_off);
 		/* cmp ~ p1 - p2 */
 		if (cmp == 0) {
 			ret++;
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 6bec833ee..b6982eac4 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int ce_compare_data(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st)
 	if (fd >= 0) {
 		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		if (!index_fd(sha1, fd, st, 0, NULL))
-			match = memcmp(sha1, ce->sha1, 20);
+			match = hashcmp(sha1, ce->sha1);
 		/* index_fd() closed the file descriptor already */
 	}
 	return match;
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static int verify_hdr(struct cache_header *hdr, unsigned long size)
 	SHA1_Init(&c);
 	SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, size - 20);
 	SHA1_Final(sha1, &c);
-	if (memcmp(sha1, (char *) hdr + size - 20, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, (unsigned char *)hdr + size - 20))
 		return error("bad index file sha1 signature");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 86ef91661..17cd0cef3 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *verify_lock(struct ref_lock *lock,
 		unlock_ref(lock);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (memcmp(lock->old_sha1, old_sha1, 20)) {
+	if (hashcmp(lock->old_sha1, old_sha1)) {
 		error("Ref %s is at %s but expected %s", lock->ref_file,
 			sha1_to_hex(lock->old_sha1), sha1_to_hex(old_sha1));
 		unlock_ref(lock);
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock,
 
 	if (!lock)
 		return -1;
-	if (!lock->force_write && !memcmp(lock->old_sha1, sha1, 20)) {
+	if (!lock->force_write && !hashcmp(lock->old_sha1, sha1)) {
 		unlock_ref(lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int read_ref_at(const char *ref, unsigned long at_time, unsigned char *sha1)
 					die("Log %s is corrupt.", logfile);
 				if (get_sha1_hex(rec + 41, sha1))
 					die("Log %s is corrupt.", logfile);
-				if (memcmp(logged_sha1, sha1, 20)) {
+				if (hashcmp(logged_sha1, sha1)) {
 					tz = strtoul(tz_c, NULL, 10);
 					fprintf(stderr,
 						"warning: Log %s has gap after %s.\n",
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ int read_ref_at(const char *ref, unsigned long at_time, unsigned char *sha1)
 			else {
 				if (get_sha1_hex(rec + 41, logged_sha1))
 					die("Log %s is corrupt.", logfile);
-				if (memcmp(logged_sha1, sha1, 20)) {
+				if (hashcmp(logged_sha1, sha1)) {
 					tz = strtoul(tz_c, NULL, 10);
 					fprintf(stderr,
 						"warning: Log %s unexpectedly ended on %s.\n",
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 43e10b0a6..f7c0cfc6f 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
 		char old_hex[60], *new_hex;
 		if (!ref->peer_ref)
 			continue;
-		if (!memcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1, 20)) {
+		if (!hashcmp(ref->old_sha1, ref->peer_ref->new_sha1)) {
 			if (verbose)
 				fprintf(stderr, "'%s': up-to-date\n", ref->name);
 			continue;
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 18dece46b..04f7f94d2 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -485,10 +485,10 @@ int use_packed_git(struct packed_git *p)
 		/* Check if the pack file matches with the index file.
 		 * this is cheap.
 		 */
-		if (memcmp((char*)(p->index_base) + p->index_size - 40,
-			   (char *) p->pack_base + p->pack_size - 20,
-			   20)) {
-
+		if (hashcmp((unsigned char *)(p->index_base) +
+			    p->index_size - 40,
+			    (unsigned char *)p->pack_base +
+			    p->pack_size - 20)) {
 			die("packfile %s does not match index.", p->pack_name);
 		}
 	}
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ int check_sha1_signature(const unsigned char *sha1, void *map, unsigned long siz
 	SHA1_Update(&c, header, 1+sprintf(header, "%s %lu", type, size));
 	SHA1_Update(&c, map, size);
 	SHA1_Final(real_sha1, &c);
-	return memcmp(sha1, real_sha1, 20) ? -1 : 0;
+	return hashcmp(sha1, real_sha1) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
 void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size)
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ int check_reuse_pack_delta(struct packed_git *p, unsigned long offset,
 	ptr = unpack_object_header(p, ptr, kindp, sizep);
 	if (*kindp != OBJ_DELTA)
 		goto done;
-	memcpy(base, (char *) p->pack_base + ptr, 20);
+	memcpy(base, (unsigned char *) p->pack_base + ptr, 20);
 	status = 0;
  done:
 	unuse_packed_git(p);
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ int find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1,
 
 	do {
 		int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
-		int cmp = memcmp((char *) index + (24 * mi) + 4, sha1, 20);
+		int cmp = hashcmp((unsigned char *)index + (24 * mi) + 4, sha1);
 		if (!cmp) {
 			e->offset = ntohl(*((unsigned int *) ((char *) index + (24 * mi))));
 			memcpy(e->sha1, sha1, 20);
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ int write_sha1_from_fd(const unsigned char *sha1, int fd, char *buffer,
 		unlink(tmpfile);
 		return error("File %s corrupted", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	}
-	if (memcmp(sha1, real_sha1, 20)) {
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, real_sha1)) {
 		unlink(tmpfile);
 		return error("File %s has bad hash", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	}
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index f567454d2..e9eb6ce88 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int find_short_packed_object(int len, const unsigned char *match, unsigne
 			int cmp;
 
 			nth_packed_object_sha1(p, mid, now);
-			cmp = memcmp(match, now, 20);
+			cmp = hashcmp(match, now);
 			if (!cmp) {
 				first = mid;
 				break;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int find_short_packed_object(int len, const unsigned char *match, unsigne
 						memcpy(found_sha1, now, 20);
 						found++;
 					}
-					else if (memcmp(found_sha1, now, 20)) {
+					else if (hashcmp(found_sha1, now)) {
 						found = 2;
 						break;
 					}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int find_unique_short_object(int len, char *canonical,
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* Both have unique ones -- do they match? */
-	if (memcmp(packed_sha1, unpacked_sha1, 20))
+	if (hashcmp(packed_sha1, unpacked_sha1))
 		return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;
 	memcpy(sha1, packed_sha1, 20);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/ssh-fetch.c b/ssh-fetch.c
index 0b89df6dd..b006c5c98 100644
--- a/ssh-fetch.c
+++ b/ssh-fetch.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int fetch(unsigned char *sha1)
 	signed char remote;
 	struct object_list *temp;
 
-	if (memcmp(sha1, in_transit->item->sha1, 20)) {
+	if (hashcmp(sha1, in_transit->item->sha1)) {
 		/* we must have already fetched it to clean the queue */
 		return has_sha1_file(sha1) ? 0 : -1;
 	}
diff --git a/tree-diff.c b/tree-diff.c
index 916f489c5..7e2f4f088 100644
--- a/tree-diff.c
+++ b/tree-diff.c
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ static int compare_tree_entry(struct tree_desc *t1, struct tree_desc *t2, const
 		show_entry(opt, "+", t2, base);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (!opt->find_copies_harder &&
-	    !memcmp(sha1, sha2, 20) && mode1 == mode2)
+	if (!opt->find_copies_harder && !hashcmp(sha1, sha2) && mode1 == mode2)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 43ed12484..467d9940f 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int same(struct cache_entry *a, struct cache_entry *b)
 	if (!a && !b)
 		return 1;
 	return a->ce_mode == b->ce_mode &&
-		!memcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1, 20);
+	       !hashcmp(a->sha1, b->sha1);
 }