[PATCH v2] repo_logmsg_reencode: fix memory leak when use repo_logmsg_reencode()
From: Lidong Yan via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2025-06-05 06:27:29
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Lidong Yan <redacted>
pretty.c:repo_logmsg_reencode() allocated memory should be freed with
repo_unuse_commit_buffer(). Callers sometimes forgot free it at exit
point. Add `repo_unuse_commit_buffer()` in insert_records_from_trailers
at builtin/shortlog.c and create_commit at builtin/replay.c
Signed-off-by: Lidong Yan <redacted>
---
repo_logmsg_reencode: fix memory leak when use repo_logmsg_reencode()
pretty.c:repo_logmsg_reencode() allocated memory should be freed with
repo_unuse_commit_buffer(). Callers sometimes forgot free it at exit
point. Add repo_unuse_commit_buffer() in insert_records_from_trailers at
builtin/shortlog.c and create_commit at builtin/replay.c.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1988%2Fbrandb97%2Ffix-reencode-leak-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1988/brandb97/fix-reencode-leak-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1988
Range-diff vs v1:
1: a414074f167 ! 1: f5165d6a102 repo_logmsg_reencode: fix memory leak when use repo_logmsg_reencode()
@@ builtin/replay.c: static struct commit *create_commit(struct repository *repo,
## builtin/shortlog.c ##
@@ builtin/shortlog.c: static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log,
- commit_buffer = repo_logmsg_reencode(the_repository, commit, NULL,
ctx->output_encoding);
body = strstr(commit_buffer, "\n\n");
-- if (!body)
-+ if (!body) {
-+ repo_unuse_commit_buffer(the_repository, commit, commit_buffer);
- return;
-+ }
+ if (!body)
+- return;
++ goto out;
trailer_iterator_init(&iter, body);
while (trailer_iterator_advance(&iter)) {
+@@ builtin/shortlog.c: static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log,
+ }
+ trailer_iterator_release(&iter);
+
++out:
+ strbuf_release(&ident);
+ repo_unuse_commit_buffer(the_repository, commit, commit_buffer);
+ }
builtin/replay.c | 1 +
builtin/shortlog.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/replay.c b/builtin/replay.c
index 225cef08807..6172c8aacc9 100644
--- a/builtin/replay.c
+++ b/builtin/replay.c@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static struct commit *create_commit(struct repository *repo, obj = parse_object(repo, &ret); out: + repo_unuse_commit_buffer(the_repository, based_on, message); free_commit_extra_headers(extra); free_commit_list(parents); strbuf_release(&msg);
diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c
index 30075b67be8..fe15e114973 100644
--- a/builtin/shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin/shortlog.c@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log, ctx->output_encoding); body = strstr(commit_buffer, "\n\n"); if (!body) - return; + goto out; trailer_iterator_init(&iter, body); while (trailer_iterator_advance(&iter)) {
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log, } trailer_iterator_release(&iter); +out: strbuf_release(&ident); repo_unuse_commit_buffer(the_repository, commit, commit_buffer); }
base-commit: 7014b55638da979331baf8dc31c4e1d697cf2d67 -- gitgitgadget