From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] log: fix common "rev.pending" memory leak in "git show"
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:59:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YuQt9rKMJek0rEDx@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <patch-v2-4.6-54b632c1124-20220729T082919Z-avarab@gmail.com>
On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:31:06AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> So in addition to the now-populated &pending array, to avoid leaking
> the memory related to the one member array we've created. The
> &rev.pending was already being object_array_clear()'d by the
> release_revisions() added in f6bfea0ad01 (revisions API users: use
> release_revisions() in builtin/log.c, 2022-04-13), now we'll also
> correctly free the previous data (f6bfea0ad01 noted this memory leak
> as an outstanding TODO).
I couldn't quite parse the first sentence. But I think this explanation
is proceeding along a wrong assumption (which is the same one I had when
reviewing v1) that we are leaking the one-member array. I think this
paragraph can be replaced with something along the lines of what I
mentioned in my other reply.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-29 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-13 13:10 [PATCH 0/6] revisions API: fix more memory leaks Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 1/6] bisect.c: add missing "goto" for release_revisions() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 2/6] test-fast-rebase helper: use release_revisions() (again) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 3/6] log: make the intent of cmd_show()'s "rev.pending" juggling clearer Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-18 14:51 ` Jeff King
2022-07-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 4/6] log: fix common "rev.pending" memory leak in "git show" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-18 14:57 ` Jeff King
2022-07-18 15:08 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 5/6] bisect.c: partially fix bisect_rev_setup() memory leak Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-18 15:05 ` Jeff King
2022-07-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 6/6] revisions API: don't leak memory on argv elements that need free()-ing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-18 15:11 ` Jeff King
2022-07-18 15:13 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-18 15:45 ` Jeff King
2022-07-29 7:07 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 18:03 ` Jeff King
2022-07-29 18:37 ` Jeff King
2022-07-29 18:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-29 19:04 ` Jeff King
2022-07-18 15:14 ` [PATCH 0/6] revisions API: fix more memory leaks Jeff King
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] bisect.c: add missing "goto" for release_revisions() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] test-fast-rebase helper: use release_revisions() (again) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-30 5:22 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] log: make the intent of cmd_show()'s "rev.pending" juggling clearer Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 18:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] log: fix common "rev.pending" memory leak in "git show" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 18:55 ` Jeff King
2022-07-29 19:07 ` Jeff King
2022-07-29 18:59 ` Jeff King [this message]
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] bisect.c: partially fix bisect_rev_setup() memory leak Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 8:31 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] revisions API: don't leak memory on argv elements that need free()-ing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-29 19:00 ` Jeff King
2022-07-29 19:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] revisions API: fix more memory leaks Jeff King
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] bisect.c: add missing "goto" for release_revisions() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-03 17:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] test-fast-rebase helper: use release_revisions() (again) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] log: fix a memory leak in "git show <revision>..." Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-03 17:27 ` Jeff King
2022-08-03 17:29 ` Jeff King
2022-08-03 17:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] log: refactor "rev.pending" code in cmd_show() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-03 17:32 ` Jeff King
2022-08-03 17:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-04 7:51 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-04 15:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-05 9:01 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] bisect.c: partially fix bisect_rev_setup() memory leak Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-02 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] revisions API: don't leak memory on argv elements that need free()-ing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-08-03 18:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-03 17:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] revisions API: fix more memory leaks Jeff King
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