Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH] Fix use after free() in builtin-fetch

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:32

Alex Riesen [off-list ref] writes:
As reported by Dave Jones:
...
export MALLOC_PERTURB_=$(($RANDOM % 255 + 1))

which is handy for showing up such bugs.

More info on this glibc feature is at http://udrepper.livejournal.com/11429.html

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <redacted>
Thanks.  I can reproduce the issue and the fix (and can even bisect this
down to ba22785 (Reduce the number of connects when fetching, 2008-02-04),
which makes perfect sense).

Will apply to 'maint' and merge up.
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