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[PATCH] commit-graph: fix memory leak when not writing graph

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Dec 18, 2023, 10:02 UTC
Message-ID
<0feab5e7d5bc6275e2c7671cd8f6786ea86fd610.1702891190.git.ps@pks.im>

When `write_commit_graph()` bails out writing a split commit-graph early then it may happen that we have already gathered the set of existing commit-graph file names without yet determining the new merged set of files. This can result in a memory leak though because we only clear the preimage of files when we have collected the postimage.

Fix this issue by dropping the condition altogether so that we always try to free both preimage and postimage filenames. As the context structure is zero-initialized this simplification is safe to do.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 commit-graph.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index acac9bf6e1..afe0177ab2 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -2617,19 +2617,16 @@ int write_commit_graph(struct object_directory *odb,
 	oid_array_clear(&ctx->oids);
 	clear_topo_level_slab(&topo_levels);
 
-	if (ctx->commit_graph_filenames_after) {
-		for (i = 0; i < ctx->num_commit_graphs_after; i++) {
-			free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_after[i]);
-			free(ctx->commit_graph_hash_after[i]);
-		}
-
-		for (i = 0; i < ctx->num_commit_graphs_before; i++)
-			free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_before[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < ctx->num_commit_graphs_before; i++)
+		free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_before[i]);
+	free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_before);
 
-		free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_after);
-		free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_before);
-		free(ctx->commit_graph_hash_after);
+	for (i = 0; i < ctx->num_commit_graphs_after; i++) {
+		free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_after[i]);
+		free(ctx->commit_graph_hash_after[i]);
 	}
+	free(ctx->commit_graph_filenames_after);
+	free(ctx->commit_graph_hash_after);
 
 	free(ctx);
 

base-commit: 1a87c842ece327d03d08096395969aca5e0a6996
-- 
2.43.GIT
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  1. commit-graph: fix memory leak when not writing graphPatrick Steinhardt, Dec 18, 2023
  2. Taylor BlauJan 5, 2024
  3. Patrick SteinhardtJan 15, 2024

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