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Re: [PATCH 2/7] sequencer: release a strbuf used in save_head()

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
May 22, 2012, 05:18 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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>> And
>> looking at it from the other side, doesn't using exit mean that you
>> cannot be valgrind-clean anyway, since allocations by functions higher
>> in the call chain do not get a chance to be freed?
>
> Good point; save_todo() sets a bad example.  For symmetry, should
> these two instances of strbuf_release() before die() be removed in a
> separate patch?
I can't find myself caring much either way. :)

A single free() doesn't hurt performance much, so my hunch would be to leave it alone unless some other practical reason to keep or remove the free()s comes up.

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Message 9 of 23 in “Fix some sequencer leaks”
  1. 0/7 Fix some sequencer leaksChristian Couder, May 21, 2012
  2. 1/7 sequencer: fix leaked todo_list memoryChristian Couder, May 21, 2012
  3. Jonathan NiederMay 21, 2012
  4. Christian CouderMay 22, 2012
  5. 2/7 sequencer: release a strbuf used in save_head()Christian Couder, May 21, 2012
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 22, 2012
  7. Jonathan NiederMay 22, 2012
  8. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 22, 2012
  9. Jonathan NiederMay 22, 2012
  10. Jonathan NiederMay 22, 2012
  11. Christian CouderMay 22, 2012
  12. 3/7 merge-recursive: free some string listsChristian Couder, May 21, 2012
  13. 4/7 revert: free opts.revs to do a bit of cleanupChristian Couder, May 21, 2012
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 22, 2012
  15. Christian CouderMay 22, 2012
  16. 5/7 revert: free revs->cmdline.revChristian Couder, May 21, 2012
  17. Jonathan NiederMay 21, 2012
  18. Christian CouderMay 22, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederMay 22, 2012
  20. 6/7 unpack-trees: record which unpack error messages should be freedChristian Couder, May 21, 2012
  21. Jonathan NiederMay 21, 2012
  22. Christian CouderMay 22, 2012
  23. 7/7 Properly free unpack trees error messagesChristian Couder, May 21, 2012

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