[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 2/2] uci/lua: add explicit close() method

[Dirk Feytons]

This allows a caller to explicitly free the cursor as soon as it is
no longer needed instead of having to wait for the garbage collector.

Signed-off-by: Dirk Feytons <dirk.feytons at gmail.com>
---
 lua/uci.c |   16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/uci.c b/lua/uci.c
index ddb9c5c..22055cb 100644
--- a/lua/uci.c
+++ b/lua/uci.c
@@ -933,8 +933,19 @@ uci_lua_list_configs(lua_State *L)
 static int
 uci_lua_gc(lua_State *L)
 {
-	struct uci_context *ctx = find_context(L, NULL);
-	uci_free_context(ctx);
+	struct uci_context **ctx;
+
+	if (!lua_isuserdata(L, 1)) {
+		if (!global_ctx)
+			return 0;
+		ctx = &global_ctx;
+	} else {
+		ctx = luaL_checkudata(L, 1, METANAME);
+		if (!*ctx)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	uci_free_context(*ctx);
+	*ctx = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -970,6 +981,7 @@ uci_lua_cursor(lua_State *L)
 
 static const luaL_Reg uci[] = {
 	{ "__gc", uci_lua_gc },
+	{ "close", uci_lua_gc },
 	{ "cursor", uci_lua_cursor },
 	{ "load", uci_lua_load },
 	{ "unload", uci_lua_unload },
-- 
1.7.9.5