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[01/12] paint_down_to_common: plug a memory leak

Message ID 818eef0a64443e42c288ea3b294bf52e7411914b.1707813709.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series The merge-base logic vs missing commit objects | expand

Commit Message

Johannes Schindelin Feb. 13, 2024, 8:41 a.m. UTC 
From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

When a commit is missing, we return early (currently pretending that no
merge basis could be found in that case). At that stage, it is possible
that a merge base could have been found already, and added to the
`result`, which is now leaked.

Let's release it, to address that memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 commit-reach.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c
index a868a575ea1..b2b102926c9 100644
--- a/commit-reach.c
+++ b/commit-reach.c
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@  static struct commit_list *paint_down_to_common(struct repository *r,
 			parents = parents->next;
 			if ((p->object.flags & flags) == flags)
 				continue;
-			if (repo_parse_commit(r, p))
+			if (repo_parse_commit(r, p)) {
+				free_commit_list(result);
 				return NULL;
+			}
 			p->object.flags |= flags;
 			prio_queue_put(&queue, p);
 		}