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[PATCH 03/15] do not create "struct commit" with xcalloc

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 9, 2014, 18:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20140609181008.GC20315@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20140609180236.GA24644@sigill.intra.peff.net>

In both blame and merge-recursive, we sometimes create a "fake" commit struct for convenience (e.g., to represent the HEAD state as if we would commit it). By allocating ourselves rather than using alloc_commit_node, we do not properly set the "index" field of the commit. This can produce subtle bugs if we then use commit-slab on the resulting commit, as we will share the "0" index with another commit.

We can fix this by using alloc_commit_node() to allocate. Note that we cannot free the result, as it is part of our commit allocator. However, both cases were already leaking the allocated commit anyway, so there's nothing to fix up.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/blame.c   | 2 +-
 merge-recursive.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index a52a279..d6056a5 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(struct diff_options *opt,
 	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	time(&now);
-	commit = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*commit));
+	commit = alloc_commit_node();
 	commit->object.parsed = 1;
 	commit->date = now;
 	commit->object.type = OBJ_COMMIT;
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index cab16fa..2b37d42 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static struct tree *shift_tree_object(struct tree *one, struct tree *two,
 
 static struct commit *make_virtual_commit(struct tree *tree, const char *comment)
 {
-	struct commit *commit = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct commit));
+	struct commit *commit = alloc_commit_node();
 	struct merge_remote_desc *desc = xmalloc(sizeof(*desc));
 
 	desc->name = comment;
-- 
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  1. 0/15 store length of commit->bufferJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  2. 01/15 alloc: include any-object allocations in alloc_reportJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  3. 02/15 commit: push commit_index update into alloc_commit_nodeJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2014
  5. 03/15 do not create "struct commit" with xcallocJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2014
  7. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  8. 04/15 logmsg_reencode: return const bufferJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  9. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2014
  10. 05/15 sequencer: use logmsg_reencode in get_messageJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2014
  12. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  13. 06/15 provide a helper to free commit bufferJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  14. 07/15 provide a helper to set the commit bufferJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  15. 08/15 provide helpers to access the commit bufferJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  16. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2014
  17. 09/15 use get_cached_commit_buffer where appropriateJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  18. 10/15 use get_commit_buffer to avoid duplicate codeJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  19. Eric SunshineJun 10, 2014
  20. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  21. 11/15 convert logmsg_reencode to get_commit_bufferJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  22. 12/15 use get_commit_buffer everywhereJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  23. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2014
  24. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  25. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2014
  27. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  28. 13/15 commit-slab: provide a static initializerJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  29. 14/15 commit: convert commit->buffer to a slabJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  30. 15/15 commit: record buffer length in cacheJeff King, Jun 9, 2014
  31. Christian CouderJun 10, 2014
  32. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  33. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  34. Christian CouderJun 10, 2014
  35. 0/17 store length of commit->bufferJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  36. 01/17 commit_tree: take a pointer/len pair rather than a const strbufJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  37. 02/17 replace dangerous uses of strbuf_attachJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  38. 03/17 alloc: include any-object allocations in alloc_reportJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  39. 04/17 commit: push commit_index update into alloc_commit_nodeJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  40. 05/17 do not create "struct commit" with xcallocJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  41. 06/17 logmsg_reencode: return const bufferJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  42. 07/17 sequencer: use logmsg_reencode in get_messageJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  43. 08/17 provide a helper to free commit bufferJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  44. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2014
  45. Jeff KingJun 12, 2014
  46. Jeff KingJun 12, 2014
  47. 09/17 provide a helper to set the commit bufferJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  48. 10/17 provide helpers to access the commit bufferJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  49. 11/17 use get_cached_commit_buffer where appropriateJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  50. 12/17 use get_commit_buffer to avoid duplicate codeJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  51. 13/17 convert logmsg_reencode to get_commit_bufferJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  52. 14/17 use get_commit_buffer everywhereJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  53. 15/17 commit-slab: provide a static initializerJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  54. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2014
  55. Jeff KingJun 12, 2014
  56. 16/17 commit: convert commit->buffer to a slabJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  57. 17/17 commit: record buffer length in cacheJeff King, Jun 10, 2014
  58. Jeff KingJun 10, 2014
  59. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2014
  60. reuse cached commit buffer when parsing signaturesJeff King, Jun 13, 2014

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