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[PATCH v2 2/4] bisect: fix memory leak in `find_bisection()`

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MÅMartin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 5, 2017, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID
<d682f573f68882c9dbb359d1abb3d7868d1cd77e.1509906092.git.martin.agren@gmail.com>
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`find_bisection()` rebuilds the commit list it is given by reversing it and skipping uninteresting commits. The uninteresting list entries are leaked. Free them to fix the leak.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
---
 bisect.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 5a3ae4971..2f4321767 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -379,8 +379,10 @@ void find_bisection(struct commit_list **commit_list, int *reaches,
 		unsigned flags = p->item->object.flags;
 
 		next = p->next;
-		if (flags & UNINTERESTING)
+		if (flags & UNINTERESTING) {
+			free(p);
 			continue;
+		}
 		p->next = last;
 		last = p;
 		if (!(flags & TREESAME))
-- 
2.15.0.415.gac1375d7e
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Message 8 of 10 in “bisect: fix memory leak and document `find_bisection()`”
  1. 1/3 bisect: fix memory leak and document `find_bisection()`Martin Ågren, Nov 1, 2017
  2. 2/3 bisect: fix off-by-one error in `best_bisection_sorted()`Martin Ågren, Nov 1, 2017
  3. 3/3 bisect: fix memory leak when returning best elementMartin Ågren, Nov 1, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2017
  5. Martin ÅgrenNov 2, 2017
  6. 0/4 bisect: assorted leak-fixesMartin Ågren, Nov 5, 2017
  7. 1/4 bisect: change calling-convention of `find_bisection()`Martin Ågren, Nov 5, 2017
  8. 2/4 bisect: fix memory leak in `find_bisection()`Martin Ågren, Nov 5, 2017
  9. 3/4 bisect: fix off-by-one error in `best_bisection_sorted()`Martin Ågren, Nov 5, 2017
  10. 4/4 bisect: fix memory leak when returning best elementMartin Ågren, Nov 5, 2017

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