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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] config.c: free(expanded) before die(), work around GCC oddity

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 21, 2021, 23:32 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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>  cleanup:
>  	strbuf_release(&buf);
>  	free(expanded);
> -	return ret;
> +	if (!die_depth)
> +		return ret;
> +	die(_(include_depth_advice), MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH, path,
> +	    !cf ? "<unknown>" : cf->name ? cf->name : "the command line");
>  }

Yuck. With or without compiler bugs, this code is too ugly to live, isn't it?

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Message 14 of 26 in “leak tests: free() before die for two API functions”
  1. leak tests: free() before die for two API functionsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 21, 2021
  2. Andrzej HuntOct 21, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2021
  4. Martin ÅgrenOct 21, 2021
  5. 0/3 refs.c + config.c: plug memory leaksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 21, 2021
  6. 2/3 config.c: don't leak memory in handle_path_include()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 21, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2021
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 22, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2021
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 22, 2021
  11. 1/3 refs.c: make "repo_default_branch_name" static, remove xstrfmt()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 21, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2021
  13. 3/3 config.c: free(expanded) before die(), work around GCC oddityÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 21, 2021
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2021
  15. 0/6 usage.c: add die_message() & plug memory leaks in refs.c & config.cÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  16. 1/6 usage.c: add a die_message() routineÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2021
  18. 2/6 usage.c API users: use die_message() where appropriateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  19. 3/6 usage.c + gc: add and use a die_message_errno()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2021
  21. 4/6 config.c: don't leak memory in handle_path_include()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2021
  23. 5/6 config.c: free(expanded) before die(), work around GCC oddityÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  24. Jeff KingOct 26, 2021
  25. 6/6 refs: plug memory leak in repo_default_branch_name()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 22, 2021
  26. Jonathan TanOct 27, 2021

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