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In c0192df630 (refspec: add support for negative refspecs, 2020-09-30)
query_matches_negative_refspec() was introduced.
The function was implemented as a two-loop process, where the former
loop accumulates and the latter evaluates. To accumulate, a string_list
is used.
Within the first loop, there are three cases where a string is added to
the string_list. Two of them add strings that do not need to be
freed. But in the third case, the string added is returned by
match_name_with_pattern(), which needs to be freed.
The string_list is initialized with STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP, i.e. when
cleared, the strings added are not freed. Therefore, the string
returned by match_name_with_pattern() is not freed, so we have a leak.
$ git remote add local .
$ git update-ref refs/remotes/local/foo HEAD
$ git branch --track bar local/foo
Direct leak of 24 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
... in xrealloc wrapper.c
... in strbuf_grow strbuf.c
... in strbuf_add strbuf.c
... in match_name_with_pattern remote.c
... in query_matches_negative_refspec remote.c
... in query_refspecs remote.c
... in remote_find_tracking remote.c
... in find_tracked_branch branch.c
... in for_each_remote remote.c
... in setup_tracking branch.c
... in create_branch branch.c
... in cmd_branch builtin/branch.c
... in run_builtin git.c
Direct leak of 24 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
... in xrealloc wrapper.c
... in strbuf_grow strbuf.c
... in strbuf_add strbuf.c
... in match_name_with_pattern remote.c
... in query_matches_negative_refspec remote.c
... in query_refspecs remote.c
... in remote_find_tracking remote.c
... in check_tracking_branch branch.c
... in for_each_remote remote.c
... in validate_remote_tracking_branch branch.c
... in dwim_branch_start branch.c
... in create_branch branch.c
... in cmd_branch builtin/branch.c
... in run_builtin git.c
An interesting point to note is that while string_list_append() is used
in the first two cases described, string_list_append_nodup() is used in
the third. This seems to indicate an intention to delegate the
responsibility for freeing the string, to the string_list. As if the
string_list had been initialized with STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, i.e. the
strings are strdup()'d when added (except if the "_nodup" API is used)
and freed when cleared.
Switching to STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP fixes the leak and probably is what we
wanted to do originally. Let's do it.
Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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