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Re: [PATCH v2] index-pack: always zero-initialize object_entry list

From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:28

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:
To ensure that all depths start at 0, that commit changed
calls to xmalloc the object_entry list into calls to
xcalloc.  However, it forgot that we grow the list with
xrealloc later. These extra entries are used when we add an
object from elsewhere pack to complete a thin pack. If we
s/elsewhere pack/pack/
add a non-delta object, its depth value will just be
uninitialized heap data.
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