Re: [PATCH] repository: cache->squash_msg is freed twice

> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM AZero13 via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thankfully, it is set to NULL, so no security consequences.
>> However, this is still a mistake that must be rectified.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Funni <gfunni234@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
>> @@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ out:
>>  static void repo_clear_path_cache(struct repo_path_cache *cache)
>>  {
>> -       FREE_AND_NULL(cache->squash_msg);
>>         FREE_AND_NULL(cache->squash_msg);
>>         FREE_AND_NULL(cache->merge_msg);
>>         FREE_AND_NULL(cache->merge_rr);
>
> This mistake has been present since Ævar added this function in
> 759f340738 (repository.c: free the "path cache" in repo_clear(),
> 2022-03-04), so it isn't the result of someone else coming along and
> adding a new field to the structure which needs freeing but then
> botching the call to FREE_AND_NULL(). Moreover, this function does
> free all the freeable members of repo_path_cache, hence, nothing is
> being leaked, so it must have just been a silly copy/paste mistake in
> the first place. Hence, this change makes sense.