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Re: [PATCH] Fix memory leak in transport-helper

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 27, 2009, 18:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20091027183105.GA9504@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.LNX.2.00.0910271329510.14365@iabervon.org>
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:37:19PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> > Why did you not leech the transport->data = NULL; part from Peff/Sverre's 
> > patch?
> 
> Because this code is only called just before transport itself is freed by 
> the caller, and, in general, a transport with these methods is invalid 
> without a valid transport->data. I expect that's also why Peff called it a 
> hack not appropriate for actual application.

More or less. I called it a hack because I didn't even look far enough to know whether or not that was the case. I was just trying to get it to stop segfaulting so Sverre could continue his work.

-Peff
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Message 34 of 52 in “Return of smart HTTP”
  1. 00/17 Return of smart HTTPShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  2. 01/17 pkt-line: Add strbuf based functionsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  3. 02/17 pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debugShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  4. 03/17 fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want listShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  5. 04/17 Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  6. 05/17 Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  7. 06/17 remote-curl: Refactor walker initializationShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  8. 07/17 fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3Shawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  9. 08/17 remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batchShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  10. 09/17 remote-helpers: Support custom transport optionsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  11. 10/17 Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curlShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  12. Tay Ray ChuanOct 19, 2009
  13. Shawn O. PearceOct 28, 2009
  14. Tay Ray ChuanOct 28, 2009
  15. 11/17 Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transportShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  16. 12/17 Add stateless RPC options to upload-pack, receive-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  17. 13/17 Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  18. 14/17 Discover refs via smart HTTP server when availableShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  19. 15/17 Smart push over HTTP: client sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  20. 16/17 Smart fetch over HTTP: client sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  21. 17/17 Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requestsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 15, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 15, 2009
  23. Nanako ShiraishiOct 15, 2009
  24. Shawn O. PearceOct 15, 2009
  25. Johan HerlandOct 15, 2009
  26. Shawn O. PearceOct 15, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 15, 2009
  28. Shawn O. PearceOct 15, 2009
  29. Nanako ShiraishiOct 22, 2009
  30. Daniel BarkalowOct 22, 2009
  31. Fix memory leak in transport-helperDaniel Barkalow, Oct 27, 2009
  32. Johannes SchindelinOct 27, 2009
  33. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2009
  34. Jeff KingOct 27, 2009
  35. Johannes SchindelinOct 27, 2009
  36. Daniel BarkalowOct 27, 2009
  37. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2009
  38. Mark LodatoOct 16, 2009
  39. Shawn O. PearceOct 16, 2009
  40. Mark LodatoOct 16, 2009
  41. Shawn O. PearceOct 16, 2009
  42. Marcus CamenOct 22, 2009
  43. 0/6 http: push and test fixesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  44. 1/7 http-push: fix check condition on http.c::finish_http_pack_request()Tay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  45. 2/7 http-push: allow stderr messages to appear alongside helper_status onesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  46. 3/7 http-push: add more 'error <dst> <why>' status reportsTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  47. 4/7 t5540-http-push: expect success when pushing without argumentsTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  48. 5/7 t5540-http-push: check existence of fetched filesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  49. 6/7 t5540-http-push: when deleting remote refs, don't need to branch -d -rTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  50. 7/7 t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetchesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 25, 2009
  51. Clemens BuchacherOct 25, 2009
  52. Clemens BuchacherOct 25, 2009

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