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[PATCH maint-1.7.6] fast-import: leakfix for 'ls' of dirty trees

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 10, 2012, 03:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20120310032034.GB3008@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20120310031228.GA3008@burratino>

When the chosen directory has changed since it was last written to pack, "tree_content_get" makes a deep copy of its content to scribble on while computing the tree name, which we forgot to free.

This leak has been present since the 'ls' command was introduced in v1.7.5-rc0~3^2~33 (fast-import: add 'ls' command, 2010-12-02).

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
Sorry to have missed this buglet for so long.  (Doubly so because it
was noticed and commented on half a year ago before being promptly
forgotten.)  Patch is against commit 8dc6a373d2 which introduced the
leaky 'ls' support.
 fast-import.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 6c37b840..fff285cd 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2987,6 +2987,8 @@ static void parse_ls(struct branch *b)
 		store_tree(&leaf);
 
 	print_ls(leaf.versions[1].mode, leaf.versions[1].sha1, p);
+	if (leaf.tree)
+		release_tree_content_recursive(leaf.tree);
 	if (!b || root != &b->branch_tree)
 		release_tree_entry(root);
 }
-- 
1.7.9.2
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Message 11 of 23 in “[BUG] fast-import: ls command on commit root returns missing (was: Bug in svn-fe: copying the root directory acts as if it's an empty directory)”
  1. David BarrMar 8, 2012
  2. fast-import: fix ls command with empty pathDavid Barr, Mar 8, 2012
  3. Jonathan NiederMar 8, 2012
  4. Sverre RabbelierMar 8, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2012
  6. Dmitry IvankovMar 8, 2012
  7. Jonathan NiederMar 8, 2012
  8. Jonathan NiederMar 10, 2012
  9. Jonathan NiederMar 8, 2012
  10. Jonathan NiederMar 10, 2012
  11. fast-import: leakfix for 'ls' of dirty treesJonathan Nieder, Mar 10, 2012
  12. fast-import: don't allow 'ls' of path with empty componentsJonathan Nieder, Mar 10, 2012
  13. [PULL maint] two fast-import "ls" fixesJonathan Nieder, Mar 10, 2012
  14. vcs-svn: avoid 'ls' and filedelete with empty pathJonathan Nieder, Mar 10, 2012
  15. Dave AbrahamsJun 21, 2013
  16. 0/2 Re: fast-import: fix ls command with empty pathJonathan Nieder, Mar 8, 2012
  17. 1/2 fast-import: plug leak of dirty trees in 'ls' commandJonathan Nieder, Mar 8, 2012
  18. 2/2 fast-import: teach ls command to accept empty pathJonathan Nieder, Mar 8, 2012
  19. David BarrMar 9, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederMar 9, 2012
  21. fast-import: allow 'ls' and filecopy to read the rootJonathan Nieder, Mar 10, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederMar 10, 2012
  23. 2/1 fixup! fast-import: allow 'ls' and filecopy to read the rootJonathan Nieder, Mar 10, 2012

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