@@ -614,6 +614,15 @@ void raw_object_store_clear(struct raw_object_store *o)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&o->packed_git_mru);
close_object_store(o);
+
+ /*
+ * `close_object_store()` only closes the packfiles, but doesn't free
+ * them. We thus have to do this manually.
+ */
+ for (struct packed_git *p = o->packed_git, *next; p; p = next) {
+ next = p->next;
+ free(p);
+ }
o->packed_git = NULL;
hashmap_clear(&o->pack_map);
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
test_description='submodules handle mixed ref storage formats'
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
. ./test-lib.sh
test_ref_format () {
When calling `raw_object_store_clear()`, we close and free several resources associated with the object store. Part of that is to close and free all the packfiles, which is handled by `close_object_store()`. That function really only ends up closing the packfiles though, but it doesn't free them. And in fact it can't, as that function is being called via `run_command()` when `close_object_store = 1`, which is done e.g. when we execute git-maintenance(1). At that point, other structures may still have references on those packfiles, and thus we cannot free them here. So while it is in fact intentional that we really only close them, the result is a memory leak because `raw_object_store_clear()` does not free them, either. Fix the leak by freeing the packfiles in `raw_object_store_clear()`. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> --- object.c | 9 +++++++++ t/t7424-submodule-mixed-ref-formats.sh | 1 + 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)