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[patch] git: clean up add_file_to_cache() in update-cache.c

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IMIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date
Apr 14, 2005, 13:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20050414130829.GB18703@elte.hu>
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<20050414130309.GA18703@elte.hu>

this patch cleans up add_file_to_cache() to free up all memory it allocates. This has no significance right now as the only user of add_file_to_cache() die()s immediately in the 'leak' paths - but if the function is ever used without dying then this uncleanliness could lead to a memory leak.

	Ingo
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

--- update-cache.c.orig +++ update-cache.c

@@ -120,10 +120,17 @@ static int add_file_to_cache(char *path)
 	ce->st_size = st.st_size;
 	ce->namelen = namelen;
 
-	if (index_fd(path, namelen, ce, fd, &st) < 0)
+	if (index_fd(path, namelen, ce, fd, &st) < 0) {
+		free(ce);
 		return -1;
+	}
 
-	return add_cache_entry(ce, allow_add);
+	if (add_cache_entry(ce, allow_add)) {
+		free(ce);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int match_data(int fd, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
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Message 14 of 22 in “git: fix memory leak in checkout-cache.c”
  1. git: fix memory leak in checkout-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  2. git: fix memory leak #2 in checkout-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  3. git: cleanup in ls-tree.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  4. git: fix memory leaks in read-tree.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  5. git: fix rare memory leak in rev-tree.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  6. git: report parse_commit() errors in rev-tree.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  7. git: fix memory leak in show-diff.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  8. git: fix overflow in update-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  9. cleanup: read_sha1_file() -> malloc_read_sha1_file()Ingo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  10. git: fix 1-byte overflow in show-files.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  11. Petr BaudisApr 17, 2005
  12. Ingo MolnarApr 18, 2005
  13. git: fix memory leaks in update-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  14. git: clean up add_file_to_cache() in update-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  15. git: fix memory leak #3 in update-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  16. git: fix memory leaks in read-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  17. git: fix memory leak #2 in read-cache.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005
  18. Ingo MolnarApr 14, 2005
  19. Martin SchlemmerApr 14, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsApr 14, 2005
  21. Ingo MolnarApr 14, 2005
  22. git: fix memory leak in write-tree.cIngo Molnar, Apr 14, 2005

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