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[PATCH 6/6] WIP/RFC/entry.c: fix a memleak

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Mar 27, 2015, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID
<1427494150-8085-11-git-send-email-sbeller@google.com>
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I observe that filter is going out of scope, but the implementation proposed in this patch produces just a crash instead of any helpful fix.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 entry.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/entry.c b/entry.c
index 1eda8e9..5383001 100644
--- a/entry.c
+++ b/entry.c
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ static int write_entry(struct cache_entry *ce,
 		if (filter &&
 		    !streaming_write_entry(ce, path, filter,
 					   state, to_tempfile,
-					   &fstat_done, &st))
+					   &fstat_done, &st)) {
+			free_stream_filter(filter);
 			goto finish;
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (ce_mode_s_ifmt) {
-- 
2.3.0.81.gc37f363
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  2. 1/6 pack-bitmap: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  3. 1/6 shallow: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  4. 2/6 line-log.c: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  5. 2/6 shallow: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  6. 3/6 line-log.c: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  7. 4/6 line-log.c: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  8. 4/6 wt-status.c: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  9. 5/6 pack-bitmap: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  10. 5/6 wt-status.c: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  11. 6/6 WIP/RFC/entry.c: fix a memleakStefan Beller, Mar 27, 2015
  12. Stefan BellerMar 27, 2015

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