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[PATCH v3 3/3] sequencer: fix a memory leak in do_reset()

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2021, 13:23 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-v3-3.3-00b6b469a8c-20211013T132223Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-v3-0.3-00000000000-20211013T132223Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Fix a memory leak introduced in 9055e401dd6 (sequencer: introduce new commands to reset the revision, 2018-04-25), which called setup_unpack_trees_porcelain() without a corresponding call to clear_unpack_trees_porcelain().

This introduces a change in behavior in that we now start calling clear_unpack_trees_porcelain() even without having called the setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(). That's OK, that clear function, like most others, will accept a zero'd out struct.

This inches us closer to passing various tests in "t34*.sh" (e.g. "t3434-rebase-i18n.sh"), but because they have so many other memory leaks in revisions.c this doesn't make any test file or even a single test pass.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 sequencer.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 14c37c4e25b..98181b3186e 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -3646,7 +3646,7 @@ static int do_reset(struct repository *r,
 	struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
 	struct tree_desc desc = { 0 };
 	struct tree *tree;
-	struct unpack_trees_options unpack_tree_opts;
+	struct unpack_trees_options unpack_tree_opts = { 0 };
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (repo_hold_locked_index(r, &lock, LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR) < 0)
@@ -3683,7 +3683,6 @@ static int do_reset(struct repository *r,
 		}
 	}
 
-	memset(&unpack_tree_opts, 0, sizeof(unpack_tree_opts));
 	setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(&unpack_tree_opts, "reset");
 	unpack_tree_opts.head_idx = 1;
 	unpack_tree_opts.src_index = r->index;
@@ -3724,6 +3723,7 @@ static int do_reset(struct repository *r,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		rollback_lock_file(&lock);
 	strbuf_release(&ref_name);
+	clear_unpack_trees_porcelain(&unpack_tree_opts);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.33.0.1569.gd2dc77f7abf
Previous: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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  1. 0/2 dir & unpak-trees: memory-leak fixesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 6, 2021
  2. 1/2 unpack-trees: don't leak memory in verify_clean_subdirectory()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 6, 2021
  3. Elijah NewrenOct 6, 2021
  4. 2/2 built-ins & lib: plug memory leaks with unpack_trees_options_release()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 6, 2021
  5. Elijah NewrenOct 6, 2021
  6. Elijah NewrenOct 6, 2021
  7. 0/3 unpack-trees: memory-leak fixesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 7, 2021
  8. 2/3 sequencer: add a "goto cleanup" to do_reset()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 7, 2021
  9. Elijah NewrenOct 7, 2021
  10. 1/3 unpack-trees: don't leak memory in verify_clean_subdirectory()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 7, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2021
  12. 3/3 sequencer: fix a memory leak in do_reset()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 7, 2021
  13. Elijah NewrenOct 7, 2021
  14. 0/3 unpack-trees: memory-leak fixesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 13, 2021
  15. 1/3 unpack-trees: don't leak memory in verify_clean_subdirectory()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 13, 2021
  16. 2/3 sequencer: add a "goto cleanup" to do_reset()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 13, 2021
  17. 3/3 sequencer: fix a memory leak in do_reset()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 13, 2021

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