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[PATCH v3 0/5] date.[ch] API: split from cache.h, add API docs, stop leaking memory

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 16, 2022, 08:14 UTC
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<cover-v3-0.5-00000000000-20220216T081203Z-avarab@gmail.com>
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<cover-v2-0.5-00000000000-20220204T235143Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Fix memory leaks in the date.[ch] API, in preparation for larger changes to make the revision walking API stop leaking memory.

This is small re-roll of v2 to address Junio's feedback on that version. For v2 see: https://lore.kernel.org/git/cover-v2-0.5-00000000000-20220204T235143Z-avarab@gmail.com/

This is a documentation and commit-message only update. As explained below I think it makes sense to punt on the "builtin/blame.c" leak, and to keep 2/5 as-is with date.h not included in cache.h, but those things are now all rationalized in the commit message. Thanks for the review Junio!

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (5):
  cache.h: remove always unused show_date_human() declaration
  date API: create a date.h, split from cache.h
  date API: provide and use a DATE_MODE_INIT
  date API: add basic API docs
  date API: add and use a date_mode_release()
 archive-zip.c         |  1 +
 builtin/am.c          |  1 +
 builtin/commit.c      |  1 +
 builtin/fast-import.c |  1 +
 builtin/show-branch.c |  1 +
 builtin/tag.c         |  1 +
 cache.h               | 50 -----------------------------
 config.c              |  1 +
 date.c                |  9 ++++--
 date.h                | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 http-backend.c        |  1 +
 ident.c               |  1 +
 object-name.c         |  1 +
 pretty.h              | 10 ++++++
 ref-filter.c          |  3 +-
 reflog-walk.h         |  1 +
 refs.c                |  1 +
 strbuf.c              |  1 +
 t/helper/test-date.c  |  5 ++-
 t/t0006-date.sh       |  2 ++
 20 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 date.h
Range-diff against v2:
1:  fb21bd7b2c5 = 1:  97746d97810 cache.h: remove always unused show_date_human() declaration
2:  96c904d0b9a ! 2:  f73aa601e95 date API: create a date.h, split from cache.h
    @@ Commit message
         use the "DATE_MODE()" macro we now define in date.h, let's have them
         include it.
     
    +    We could simply include this new header in "cache.h", but as this
    +    change shows these functions weren't common enough to warrant
    +    including in it in the first place. By moving them out of cache.h
    +    changes to this API will no longer cause a (mostly) full re-build of
    +    the project when "make" is run.
    +
         Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
      ## archive-zip.c ##
3:  9ef003a83bd = 3:  764147e90e1 date API: provide and use a DATE_MODE_INIT
4:  3f70b1aa4c5 ! 4:  5c244960133 date API: add basic API docs
    @@ date.h: struct date_mode {
      struct date_mode *date_mode_from_type(enum date_mode_type type);
      
     +/**
    -+ * Show the date given an initialized "struct date_mode" (usually from
    -+ * the DATE_MODE() macro).
    ++ * Format <'time', 'timezone'> into static memory according to 'mode'
    ++ * and return it. The mode is an initialized "struct date_mode"
    ++ * (usually from the DATE_MODE() macro).
     + */
      const char *show_date(timestamp_t time, int timezone, const struct date_mode *mode);
     +
5:  60dbadacb16 ! 5:  b1ee9a30913 date API: add and use a date_mode_release()
    @@ Commit message
         release_revisions() in "revision.c", as they have to do with leaks via
         "struct rev_info".
     
    +    There is also a leak in "builtin/blame.c" due to its call to
    +    parse_date_format() to parse the "blame.date" configuration. However
    +    as it declares a file-level "static struct date_mode blame_date_mode"
    +    to track the data, LSAN will not report it as a leak. It's possible to
    +    get valgrind(1) to complain about it with e.g.:
    +
    +        valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all ./git -P -c blame.date=format:%Y blame README.md
    +
    +    But let's focus on things LSAN complains about, and are thus
    +    observable with "TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true". We should get to
    +    fixing memory leaks in "builtin/blame.c", but as doing so would
    +    require some re-arrangement of cmd_blame() let's leave it for some
    +    other time.
    +
         Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
     
      ## date.c ##
-- 
2.35.1.1028.g2d2d4be19de
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  1. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 9, 2021
  2. Andrzej HuntJun 9, 2021
  3. Felipe ContrerasJun 9, 2021
  4. Jeff KingJun 10, 2021
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 10, 2021
  6. Jeff KingJun 10, 2021
  7. Andrzej HuntJun 10, 2021
  8. Jeff KingJun 10, 2021
  9. Andrzej HuntJun 11, 2021
  10. SZEDER GáborJun 10, 2021
  11. 0/4 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  12. 1/4 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  13. Đoàn Trần Công DanhJul 14, 2021
  14. 2/4 SANITIZE tests: fix memory leaks in t13*config*, add to whitelistÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  15. 3/4 SANITIZE tests: fix memory leaks in t5701*, add to whitelistÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  16. 4/4 SANITIZE tests: fix leak in mailmap.cÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  17. Eric SunshineJul 14, 2021
  18. 0/4 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  19. 1/4 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  20. Andrzej HuntJul 14, 2021
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 14, 2021
  22. Jeff KingJul 15, 2021
  23. Jeff KingJul 15, 2021
  24. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 16, 2021
  25. Jeff KingJul 16, 2021
  26. Jeff KingJul 16, 2021
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 16, 2021
  28. Jeff KingJul 16, 2021
  29. 2/4 SANITIZE tests: fix memory leaks in t13*config*, add to whitelistÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  30. Andrzej HuntJul 14, 2021
  31. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 14, 2021
  32. Jeff KingJul 15, 2021
  33. Andrzej HuntJul 16, 2021
  34. Jeff KingJul 16, 2021
  35. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 16, 2021
  36. Jeff KingJul 16, 2021
  37. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 31, 2021
  38. Jeff KingSep 1, 2021
  39. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 1, 2021
  40. 3/4 SANITIZE tests: fix memory leaks in t5701*, add to whitelistÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  41. Andrzej HuntJul 15, 2021
  42. Jeff KingJul 15, 2021
  43. protocol-caps.c: fix memory leak in send_info()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  44. Bruno AlbuquerqueAug 31, 2021
  45. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2021
  46. 4/4 SANITIZE tests: fix leak in mailmap.cÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  47. mailmap.c: fix a memory leak in free_mailap_{info,entry}()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  48. Eric SunshineAug 31, 2021
  49. Jeff KingAug 31, 2021
  50. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2021
  51. Andrzej HuntJul 15, 2021
  52. 0/8 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  53. Jeff KingSep 1, 2021
  54. Jeff KingSep 1, 2021
  55. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 2, 2021
  56. Jeff KingSep 3, 2021
  57. 0/3 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  58. 1/3 Makefile: add SANITIZE=leak flag to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  59. 2/3 CI: refactor "if" to "case" statementÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  60. 3/3 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  61. Eric SunshineSep 7, 2021
  62. Jeff KingSep 7, 2021
  63. Jeff KingSep 7, 2021
  64. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2021
  65. 0/3 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  66. 1/3 Makefile: add SANITIZE=leak flag to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  67. 2/3 CI: refactor "if" to "case" statementÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  68. 3/3 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 7, 2021
  69. Eric SunshineSep 8, 2021
  70. fixup! tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CICarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Sep 16, 2021
  71. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 16, 2021
  72. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2021
  73. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 8, 2021
  74. Emily ShafferSep 9, 2021
  75. 0/2 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 16, 2021
  76. 1/2 Makefile: add SANITIZE=leak flag to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 16, 2021
  77. 2/2 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 16, 2021
  78. 0/2 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 19, 2021
  79. 2/2 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 19, 2021
  80. fixup! tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CICarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Sep 22, 2021
  81. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 23, 2021
  82. 1/2 Makefile: add SANITIZE=leak flag to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 19, 2021
  83. 0/2 add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 23, 2021
  84. 1/2 Makefile: add SANITIZE=leak flag to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 23, 2021
  85. 2/2 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 23, 2021
  86. Re* [PATCH v8 2/2] tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIJunio C Hamano, Nov 3, 2021
  87. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2021
  88. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 4, 2021
  89. t0006: date_mode can leak .strftime_fmt memberÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 16, 2021
  90. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2021
  91. Jeff KingNov 16, 2021
  92. 0/5 date.[ch] API: split from cache.h, add API docs, stop leaking memoryÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 2, 2022
  93. 1/5 cache.h: remove always unused show_date_human() declarationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 2, 2022
  94. 2/5 date API: create a date.h, split from cache.hÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 2, 2022
  95. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 2, 2022
  96. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2022
  97. 3/5 date API: provide and use a DATE_MODE_INITÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 2, 2022
  98. 4/5 date API: add basic API docsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 2, 2022
  99. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2022
  100. 5/5 date API: add and use a date_mode_release()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 2, 2022
  101. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2022
  102. 0/5 date.[ch] API: split from cache.h, add API docs, stop leaking memoryÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 4, 2022
  103. 1/5 cache.h: remove always unused show_date_human() declarationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 4, 2022
  104. 2/5 date API: create a date.h, split from cache.hÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 4, 2022
  105. 3/5 date API: provide and use a DATE_MODE_INITÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 4, 2022
  106. 4/5 date API: add basic API docsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 4, 2022
  107. 5/5 date API: add and use a date_mode_release()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 4, 2022
  108. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 14, 2022
  109. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2022
  110. 0/5 date.[ch] API: split from cache.h, add API docs, stop leaking memoryÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 16, 2022
  111. 1/5 cache.h: remove always unused show_date_human() declarationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 16, 2022
  112. 2/5 date API: create a date.h, split from cache.hÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 16, 2022
  113. 3/5 date API: provide and use a DATE_MODE_INITÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 16, 2022
  114. 4/5 date API: add basic API docsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 16, 2022
  115. 5/5 date API: add and use a date_mode_release()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 16, 2022
  116. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2022
  117. 1/8 Makefile: add SANITIZE=leak flag to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONSÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  118. 2/8 CI: refactor "if" to "case" statementÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  119. 3/8 tests: add a test mode for SANITIZE=leak, run it in CIÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  120. 4/8 tests: annotate t000*.sh with TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  121. 5/8 tests: annotate t001*.sh with TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  122. 6/8 tests: annotate t002*.sh with TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  123. 7/8 tests: annotate select t0*.sh with TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  124. 8/8 tests: annotate select t*.sh with TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Aug 31, 2021
  125. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 31, 2021

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