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[PATCH v2 12/15] rebase: don't leak on "--abort"

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 8, 2022, 18:17 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-v2-12.15-f6d76250174-20221108T172650Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-v2-00.15-00000000000-20221108T172650Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Fix a leak in the recent 6159e7add49 (rebase --abort: improve reflog message, 2022-10-12). Before that commit we'd strbuf_release() the reflog message we were formatting, but when that code was refactored to use "ropts.head_msg" the strbuf_release() was omitted.

Ideally the three users of "ropts" in cmd_rebase() should use different "ropts" variables, in practice they're completely separate, as this and the other user in the "switch" statement will "goto cleanup", which won't touch "ropts".

The third caller after the "switch" is then unreachable if we take these two branches, so all of them are getting a "{ 0 }" init'd "ropts".

So it's OK that we're leaving a stale pointer in "ropts.head_msg", cleaning it up was our responsibility, and it won't be used again.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/rebase.c          | 1 +
 t/t7517-per-repo-email.sh | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 6a831320313..3f360eb2f37 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (reset_head(the_repository, &ropts) < 0)
 			die(_("could not move back to %s"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&options.orig_head->object.oid));
+		strbuf_release(&head_msg);
 		remove_branch_state(the_repository, 0);
 		ret = finish_rebase(&options);
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/t/t7517-per-repo-email.sh b/t/t7517-per-repo-email.sh
index 163ae804685..efc6496e2b2 100755
--- a/t/t7517-per-repo-email.sh
+++ b/t/t7517-per-repo-email.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ test_description='per-repo forced setting of email address'
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup a likely user.useConfigOnly use case' '
-- 
2.38.0.1467.g709fbdff1a9
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  1. 00/17 leak fixes: use existing constructors & other triviaÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  2. 02/17 {reset,merge}: call discard_index() before returningÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  3. 01/17 tests: mark tests as passing with SANITIZE=leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  4. 04/17 read-cache.c: clear and free "sparse_checkout_patterns"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  5. 05/17 dir.c: free "ident" and "exclude_per_dir" in "struct untracked_cache"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  6. 06/17 built-ins & libs & helpers: add/move destructors, fix leaksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  7. 07/17 unpack-file: fix ancient leak in create_temp_file()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  8. 09/17 ls-files: fix a --with-tree memory leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  9. 10/17 sequencer.c: fix "opts->strategy" leak in read_strategy_opts()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  10. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  11. Taylor BlauNov 4, 2022
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 5, 2022
  13. Phillip WoodNov 8, 2022
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 8, 2022
  15. 03/17 commit: discard partial cache before (re-)reading itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  16. 08/17 revision API: call graph_clear() in release_revisions()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  17. 12/17 sequencer.c: fix a pick_commits() leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  18. 11/17 connected.c: free the "struct packed_git"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  19. 13/17 rebase: don't leak on "--abort"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  20. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 5, 2022
  22. 16/17 revert: fix parse_options_concat() leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  23. 14/17 sequencer.c: fix sequencer_continue() leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  24. 15/17 cherry-pick: free "struct replay_opts" membersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  25. 17/17 built-ins: use free() not UNLEAK() if trivial, rm dead codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 3, 2022
  26. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 5, 2022
  28. Phillip WoodNov 7, 2022
  29. 00/15 leak fixes: use existing constructors & other triviaÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  30. 01/15 tests: mark tests as passing with SANITIZE=leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  31. 02/15 {reset,merge}: call discard_index() before returningÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  32. 04/15 read-cache.c: clear and free "sparse_checkout_patterns"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  33. 03/15 commit: discard partial cache before (re-)reading itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  34. 05/15 dir.c: free "ident" and "exclude_per_dir" in "struct untracked_cache"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  35. 06/15 built-ins & libs & helpers: add/move destructors, fix leaksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  36. 08/15 revision API: call graph_clear() in release_revisions()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  37. 07/15 unpack-file: fix ancient leak in create_temp_file()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  38. 09/15 ls-files: fix a --with-tree memory leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  39. 10/15 sequencer.c: fix "opts->strategy" leak in read_strategy_opts()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  40. 11/15 connected.c: free the "struct packed_git"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  41. 13/15 cherry-pick: free "struct replay_opts" membersÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  42. 12/15 rebase: don't leak on "--abort"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  43. 15/15 built-ins: use free() not UNLEAK() if trivial, rm dead codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  44. 14/15 revert: fix parse_options_concat() leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Nov 8, 2022
  45. Taylor BlauNov 8, 2022

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