[PATCH v4 06/10] repository: free main reference database
From: Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-19 11:28:19
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-19 11:28:19
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
While we release worktree and submodule reference databases when clearing a repository, we don't ever release the main reference database. This memory leak went unnoticed because its pointer is kept alive by the "chdir_notify" subsystem. Fix the memory leak. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <redacted> --- repository.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
index 187dd471c4..e2b5c6712b 100644
--- a/repository.c
+++ b/repository.c@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo) FREE_AND_NULL(repo->remote_state); } + if (repo->refs_private) { + ref_store_release(repo->refs_private); + FREE_AND_NULL(repo->refs_private); + } + strmap_for_each_entry(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, &iter, e) ref_store_release(e->value); strmap_clear(&repo->submodule_ref_stores, 1);
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