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[PATCH v2 3/4] help.c: plug leaks with(out) help.autocorrect

From
Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2012, 16:16 UTC
Message-ID
<1343232982-10540-4-git-send-email-rctay89@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1343232982-10540-3-git-send-email-rctay89@gmail.com>

When help.autocorrect is set, in an attempt to retain the memory to the string name in main_cmds, we unfortunately leaked the struct cmdname that held it. Fix this by creating a copy of the string name.

When help.autocorrect is not set, we exit()'d without free'ing it like we do when the config is set; fix this.

Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
---
Changed in v2: plug leak when help.autocorrect is not set.
---
 help.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index dfb2e9d..ee261f4 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 			; /* still counting */
 	}
 	if (autocorrect && n == 1 && SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
-		const char *assumed = main_cmds.names[0]->name;
-		main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
+		const char *assumed = xstrdup(main_cmds.names[0]->name);
 		clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
 		fprintf_ln(stderr,
 			   _("WARNING: You called a Git command named '%s', "
@@ -390,6 +389,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 			fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", main_cmds.names[i]->name);
 	}
 
+	clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
-- 
1.7.11.1.116.g8228a23
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  1. 0/4 allow recovery from command name typosTay Ray Chuan, May 6, 2012
  2. 1/4 help.c::uniq: plug a leakTay Ray Chuan, May 6, 2012
  3. 2/4 help.c::exclude_cmds: plug a leakTay Ray Chuan, May 6, 2012
  4. 3/4 help.c: plug a leak when help.autocorrect is setTay Ray Chuan, May 6, 2012
  5. 4/4 allow recovery from command name typosTay Ray Chuan, May 6, 2012
  6. Jeff KingMay 6, 2012
  7. Tay Ray ChuanMay 6, 2012
  8. Thomas RastMay 7, 2012
  9. Tay Ray ChuanMay 7, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2012
  11. Tay Ray ChuanMay 9, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2012
  13. Jeff KingMay 6, 2012
  14. Tay Ray ChuanMay 6, 2012
  15. Jeff KingMay 7, 2012
  16. 0/4 allow recovery from command name typosTay Ray Chuan, Jul 25, 2012
  17. 1/4 help.c::uniq: plug a leakTay Ray Chuan, Jul 25, 2012
  18. 2/4 help.c::exclude_cmds: realloc() before copy, plug a leakTay Ray Chuan, Jul 25, 2012
  19. 3/4 help.c: plug leaks with(out) help.autocorrectTay Ray Chuan, Jul 25, 2012
  20. 4/4 allow recovery from command name typosTay Ray Chuan, Jul 25, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  22. Tay Ray ChuanJul 26, 2012
  23. Jeff KingJul 26, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2012
  25. Jeff KingJul 26, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2012
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2012
  29. 0/2 allow recovery from command name typosTay Ray Chuan, Aug 5, 2012
  30. 1/2 add interface for /dev/tty interactionTay Ray Chuan, Aug 5, 2012
  31. 2/2 allow recovery from command name typosTay Ray Chuan, Aug 5, 2012
  32. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2012
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2012
  34. Jeff KingAug 6, 2012
  35. Jeff KingAug 6, 2012
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2012
  37. Tay Ray ChuanMay 6, 2012

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