Re: [PATCH 1/2] sequencer: stop exporting GIT_REFLOG_ACTION

> 
> On Fri, Nov 04 2022, Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget wrote:
> 
>> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
> 
>> +static const char *sequencer_reflog_action(struct replay_opts *opts)
>> +{
>> +	if (!opts->reflog_action) {
>> +		opts->reflog_action = getenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION);
>> +		opts->reflog_action =
>> +			xstrdup(opts->reflog_action ? opts->reflog_action
>> +						    : action_name(opts));
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return opts->reflog_action;
>> +}
> 
> We always return an xstrdup'd here, so this should be a "char *" return
> value, not a "const char *"., but

>>   __attribute__((format (printf, 3, 4)))
>>   static const char *reflog_message(struct replay_opts *opts,
>>   	const char *sub_action, const char *fmt, ...)
>>   {
>>   	va_list ap;
>>   	static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
>> -	char *reflog_action = getenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION);
>>   
>>   	va_start(ap, fmt);
>>   	strbuf_reset(&buf);
> 
> Here we just reset the strbuf...
> 
>> -	strbuf_addstr(&buf, reflog_action ? reflog_action : action_name(opts));
>> +	strbuf_addstr(&buf, sequencer_reflog_action(opts));
> 
> Here we leak the freshly xstrdup'd value, mostly untested, but shouldn't
> this instead be:
> 	
> 	diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> 	index e23f6f0b718..58a97e04c67 100644
> 	--- a/sequencer.c
> 	+++ b/sequencer.c
> 	@@ -3695,10 +3695,11 @@ static const char *reflog_message(struct replay_opts *opts,
> 	 {
> 	 	va_list ap;
> 	 	static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> 	+	char *msg = sequencer_reflog_action(opts);
> 	
> 	 	va_start(ap, fmt);
> 	 	strbuf_reset(&buf);
> 	-	strbuf_addstr(&buf, sequencer_reflog_action(opts));
> 	+	strbuf_attach(&buf, msg, strlen(msg), strlen(msg) + 1);
> 	 	if (sub_action)
> 	 		strbuf_addf(&buf, " (%s)", sub_action);
> 	 	if (fmt) {
> 
> Of course that requires dropping the "const", per the above...
> 
> 
>>   	if (sub_action)
>>   		strbuf_addf(&buf, " (%s)", sub_action);
>>   	if (fmt) {
>> @@ -4497,7 +4511,7 @@ static int checkout_onto(struct repository *r, struct replay_opts *opts,
>>   				RESET_HEAD_RUN_POST_CHECKOUT_HOOK,
>>   		.head_msg = reflog_message(opts, "start", "checkout %s",
>>   					   onto_name),
>> -		.default_reflog_action = "rebase"
>> +		.default_reflog_action = sequencer_reflog_action(opts)
> 
> Here we'd before hand a fixed string to reset_head(), but now it's
> xstrdup()'d, but the corresponding free() on that side is missing.
> 
> But aren't we always just returing "rebase" here still?

>> [...]
>> @@ -5116,7 +5121,7 @@ static int single_pick(struct repository *r,
>>   			TODO_PICK : TODO_REVERT;
>>   	item.commit = cmit;
>>   
>> -	setenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION, action_name(opts), 0);
>> +	opts->reflog_message = sequencer_reflog_action(opts);
>>   	return do_pick_commit(r, &item, opts, 0, &check_todo);
> 
> Here you're adding a new memory leak, which you can see if you run
> e.g. the 1st test of ./t1013-read-tree-submodule.sh before & after this
> change.