# [PATCH] sha1_file: release fallback base's memory in unpack_entry()

2 messages from 2017-02-25 to 2017-02-25. Participants: René Scharfe, Jeff King.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45221

## René Scharfe, 2017-02-25 10:02

Subject: [PATCH] sha1_file: release fallback base's memory in unpack_entry()
Message-ID: <fe07ed70-0b93-8b2c-59f9-967d3dc1313f@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/fe07ed70-0b93-8b2c-59f9-967d3dc1313f%40web.de

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If a pack entry that's used as a delta base is corrupt, unpack_entry()
marks it as unusable and then searches the object again in the hope that
it can be found in another pack or in a loose file.  The memory for this
external base object is never released.  Free it after use.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 sha1_file.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index ec957db5e1..8ce80d4481 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2532,6 +2532,7 @@ void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
 	while (delta_stack_nr) {
 		void *delta_data;
 		void *base = data;
+		void *external_base = NULL;
 		unsigned long delta_size, base_size = size;
 		int i;
 
@@ -2558,6 +2559,7 @@ void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
 				      p->pack_name);
 				mark_bad_packed_object(p, base_sha1);
 				base = read_object(base_sha1, &type, &base_size);
+				external_base = base;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2576,6 +2578,7 @@ void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
 			      "at offset %"PRIuMAX" from %s",
 			      (uintmax_t)curpos, p->pack_name);
 			data = NULL;
+			free(external_base);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -2595,6 +2598,7 @@ void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
 			error("failed to apply delta");
 
 		free(delta_data);
+		free(external_base);
 	}
 
 	*final_type = type;
-- 
2.12.0


```

## Jeff King, 2017-02-25 20:48

Subject: Re: [PATCH] sha1_file: release fallback base's memory in unpack_entry()
Message-ID: <20170225204841.hvrhbgrv42437b4r@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170225204841.hvrhbgrv42437b4r%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <fe07ed70-0b93-8b2c-59f9-967d3dc1313f@web.de>

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On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:02:28AM +0100, René Scharfe wrote:

> If a pack entry that's used as a delta base is corrupt, unpack_entry()
> marks it as unusable and then searches the object again in the hope that
> it can be found in another pack or in a loose file.  The memory for this
> external base object is never released.  Free it after use.

This looks good. I wondered if there were any tricks with passing the
resulting base to the delta-base cache. But I don't think so. We add to
the cache right _before_ the fallback check we're looking at here. And
the "base" variable does not persist to the next loop.

Arguably, one could do the fallback first and then add the result to the
delta base cache, but it probably isn't worth the trouble. However we
read the object via read_object() would hopefully have done so already.

-Peff

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