# [PATCH] diff --no-index: don't leak buffers in queue_diff

1 messages from 2012-05-16 to 2012-05-16. Participants: Bobby Powers.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30537

## Bobby Powers, 2012-05-16 14:50

Subject: [PATCH] diff --no-index: don't leak buffers in queue_diff
Message-ID: <1337179831-23461-1-git-send-email-bobbypowers@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1337179831-23461-1-git-send-email-bobbypowers%40gmail.com

```
queue_diff uses two strbufs, and at the end of the function
strbuf_reset was called.  This only reset the length of the buffer -
any allocated memory was leaked.  Using strbuf_release fixes this.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@gmail.com>
---
 diff-no-index.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c
index 3080b66..f0b0010 100644
--- a/diff-no-index.c
+++ b/diff-no-index.c
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ static int queue_diff(struct diff_options *o,
 		}
 		string_list_clear(&p1, 0);
 		string_list_clear(&p2, 0);
-		strbuf_reset(&buffer1);
-		strbuf_reset(&buffer2);
+		strbuf_release(&buffer1);
+		strbuf_release(&buffer2);
 
 		return ret;
 	} else {
-- 
1.7.10.2.521.g8ddb639

```
