don't compile regex in loop

src/attach.c

@@ -37,13 +37,9 @@ char read_status(pid_t pid)
     if (!h_status) return 0;
     read_file(str, 4096, h_status);
 
-    regex_t regex;
     int err;
     regmatch_t pmatch[2];
-    if (regcomp(&regex, "State:\\W+([A-Za-z])", REG_EXTENDED) != 0)
-        SYS_ERR("regex compilation error");
     err = regexec(&regex, str->data, 2, pmatch, 0);
-    regfree(&regex);
     if (err) {
         DEBUG("failed to find regex match in /proc/%d/status file\n", pid);
     } else {

src/whatfiles.c

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 
 FILE *Handle = (FILE*)NULL;
 int Debug = 0;
+regex_t regex;
 LastSyscall_t LastSyscall;
 DebugStats_t DebugStats;
 
@@ -92,6 +94,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     HashMap hashmap = &hm;
     init_hashmap(hashmap);
 
+    if (regcomp(&regex, "State:\\W+([A-Za-z])", REG_EXTENDED) != 0) {
+        SYS_ERR("regex compilation error");
+    }
+
     int start_of_user_command = discover_flags(argc, argv);
     char *user_filename = parse_flags(start_of_user_command, argv, &pid, &stdout_override, &attach);
     if (start_of_user_command == argc && !attach) {
@@ -210,6 +216,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         }
     }
 
+    regfree(&regex);
     err = destroy(hashmap);
     HASH_ERR_CHECK(err, "tried to free null pointers in hashmap.\n")
     fclose(Handle);

src/whatfiles.h

@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 #define WHATFILES_H
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "hashmap.h"
 
 extern int Debug;
 extern FILE *Handle;
+extern regex_t regex;
 
 #define MODE_LEN 32
 #define OUTPUT(...) fprintf(Handle, __VA_ARGS__)