Function createAOFClient

app/redis-6.2.6/src/aof.c:687–730

In Redis commands are always executed in the context of a client, so in * order to load the append only file we need to create a fake client. */

/* In Redis commands are always executed in the context of a client, so in
 * order to load the append only file we need to create a fake client. */
struct client *createAOFClient(void) {
    struct client *c = zmalloc(sizeof(*c));

    selectDb(c,0);
    c->id = CLIENT_ID_AOF; /* So modules can identify it's the AOF client. */
    c->conn = NULL;
    c->name = NULL;
    c->querybuf = sdsempty();
    c->querybuf_peak = 0;
    c->argc = 0;
    c->argv = NULL;
    c->original_argc = 0;
    c->original_argv = NULL;
    c->argv_len_sum = 0;
    c->bufpos = 0;

    /*
     * The AOF client should never be blocked (unlike master
     * replication connection).
     * This is because blocking the AOF client might cause
     * deadlock (because potentially no one will unblock it).
     * Also, if the AOF client will be blocked just for
     * background processing there is a chance that the
     * command execution order will be violated.
     */
    c->flags = CLIENT_DENY_BLOCKING;

    c->btype = BLOCKED_NONE;
    /* We set the fake client as a slave waiting for the synchronization
     * so that Redis will not try to send replies to this client. */
    c->replstate = SLAVE_STATE_WAIT_BGSAVE_START;
    c->reply = listCreate();
    c->reply_bytes = 0;
    c->obuf_soft_limit_reached_time = 0;
    c->watched_keys = listCreate();
    c->peerid = NULL;
    c->sockname = NULL;
    c->resp = 2;
    c->user = NULL;
    listSetFreeMethod(c->reply,freeClientReplyValue);
    listSetDupMethod(c->reply,dupClientReplyValue);
    initClientMultiState(c);
    return c;
}

void freeFakeClientArgv(struct client *c) {
    int j;