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[PATCH 1/3] http-push: avoid invalid memory accesses

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 14, 2008, 23:25 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.LSU.1.00.0802142325120.30505@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.LSU.1.00.0802142319340.30505@racer.site>

Before objects are sent, the respective ref is locked. However, without this patch, the lock is lifted before the last object for that ref was sent. As a consequence, the lock data was accessed after the lock structure was free()d.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 http-push.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index b2b410d..7a6c669 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -2398,7 +2398,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		fill_active_slots();
 		add_fill_function(NULL, fill_active_slot);
 #endif
-		finish_all_active_slots();
+		do {
+			finish_all_active_slots();
+			fill_active_slots();
+		} while (request_queue_head && !aborted);
 
 		/* Update the remote branch if all went well */
 		if (aborted || !update_remote(ref->new_sha1, ref_lock)) {
-- 
1.5.4.1.1353.g0d5dd
Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 2 of 8 in “http-push fixes”
  1. 0/3 http-push fixesJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2008
  2. 1/3 http-push: avoid invalid memory accessesJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2008
  4. Mike HommeyFeb 16, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2008
  6. 2/3 http-push: do not get confused by submodulesJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2008
  7. 2/3 http-push: do not get confused by submodulesJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2008
  8. 3/3 http-push: avoid a needless gotoJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2008

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