Re: [PATCH] object-file: fix leak on conversion failure

> On 6/22/24 12:36 AM, Eric Wong wrote:
>> I'm not sure exactly how to trigger the leak, but it seems fairly
>> obvious that the `content' buffer should be freed even if
>> convert_object_file() fails.  Noticed while working in this area
>> on unrelated things.
>
> Definitely a good thing to include, even if it is unlikely to
> be hit frequently in common scenarios.
>
>>   			ret = convert_object_file(&outbuf,
>>   						  the_hash_algo, input_algo,
>>   						  content, size, type, !do_die);
>> +			free(content);
>>   			if (ret == -1)
>>   				return -1;
>> -			free(content);
>
> I looked at the context of this function to see that 'content'
> was local to the method, so was not "owned" by something outside
> of the method that might expect to reuse the buffer on failure.