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Re: [PATCH 05/11] submodule-config: avoid memory leak

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2022, 04:36 UTC
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"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> In 961b130d20c9 (branch: add --recurse-submodules option for branch
> creation, 2022-01-28), a funny pattern was introduced where first some
> struct is `xmalloc()`ed, then we resize an array whose element type is
> the same struct, and then the first struct's contents are copied into
> the last element of that array.

Sigh. The original is butt ugly, with this strange pattern and structure assignments etc. I wonder how something like this slipped through our reviews.

I wonder if it would help for me to stop trusting reviews by less experienced reviewers too much, and instead give sanity checks to more patches myself from now on, but I certainly cannot afford the time and my mental health to do so for all the patches X-<.

Will queue.
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>  		if (S_ISGITLINK(name_entry->mode) &&
>  		    is_tree_submodule_active(r, root_tree, tree_path)) {
> -			st_entry = xmalloc(sizeof(*st_entry));
> +			ALLOC_GROW(out->entries, out->entry_nr + 1,
> +				   out->entry_alloc);
> +			st_entry = &out->entries[out->entry_nr++];
> +
>  			st_entry->name_entry = xmalloc(sizeof(*st_entry->name_entry));
>  			*st_entry->name_entry = *name_entry;
>  			st_entry->submodule =
> @@ -766,9 +769,6 @@ static void traverse_tree_submodules(struct repository *r,
>  						root_tree))
>  				FREE_AND_NULL(st_entry->repo);
>  
> -			ALLOC_GROW(out->entries, out->entry_nr + 1,
> -				   out->entry_alloc);
> -			out->entries[out->entry_nr++] = *st_entry;
>  		} else if (S_ISDIR(name_entry->mode))
>  			traverse_tree_submodules(r, root_tree, tree_path,
>  						 &name_entry->oid, out);
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Message 15 of 38 in “Coverity fixes”
  1. 00/11 Coverity fixesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  2. 01/11 mingw: avoid accessing uninitialized memory in `is_executable()`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  4. René ScharfeJun 16, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  7. 02/11 fsmonitor: avoid memory leak in `fsm_settings__get_incompatible_msg()`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  9. 03/11 submodule--helper: avoid memory leak in `update_submodule()`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  11. Glen ChooJun 16, 2022
  12. 04/11 get_oid_with_context_1(): avoid use-after-freeJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  14. 05/11 submodule-config: avoid memory leakJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  16. Glen ChooJun 16, 2022
  17. 06/11 pack-redundant: avoid using uninitialized memoryJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  19. 07/11 submodule--helper: avoid memory leak when fetching submodulesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  21. 08/11 read_index_from(): avoid memory leakJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  22. 08/11 read_index_from(): avoid memory leakTom Levy, Jun 17, 2022
  23. 09/11 pack-mtimes: avoid closing a bogus file descriptorJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  24. Taylor BlauJun 16, 2022
  25. 10/11 relative_url(): fix incorrect conditionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  26. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 16, 2022
  28. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  30. 11/11 bug_fl(): add missing `va_end()` callJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2022
  31. Jeff KingJun 16, 2022
  32. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  33. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 16, 2022
  34. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  35. Jeff KingJun 16, 2022
  36. bug_fl(): correctly initialize trace2 va_listJeff King, Jun 16, 2022
  37. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022
  38. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2022

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