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#Subject and filesSizeRepliesApplied
1/24builtin/replay: plug leaking `advance_name` variablebuiltin/replay.c t/t3650-replay-basics.sh+15 -60 replies
2/24builtin/log: fix leaking branch name when creating cover lettersbuiltin/log.c t/t3206-range-diff.sh+4 -10 replies
3/24builtin/describe: fix memory leak with `--contains=`builtin/describe.c+17 -10 replies
4/24builtin/describe: fix leaking array when running diff-indexbuiltin/describe.c+3 -30 replies
5/24builtin/describe: fix trivial memory leak when describing blobbuiltin/describe.c t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh+2 -00 replies
6/24builtin/name-rev: fix various trivial memory leaksbuiltin/name-rev.c t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh t/t6120-describe.sh+6 -20 replies
7/24builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking clone depth parameterbuiltin/submodule--helper.c+5 -60 replies
8/24builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking buffer in `is_tip_reachable`builtin/submodule--helper.c t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh+8 -20 replies
9/24builtin/ls-remote: fix leaking `pattern` stringsbuiltin/ls-remote.c t/t5535-fetch-push-symref.sh+11 -140 replies
10/24builtin/remote: fix leaking strings in `branch_list`builtin/remote.c+3 -20 replies
11/24builtin/remote: fix various trivial memory leaksbuiltin/remote.c t/t5512-ls-remote.sh t/t5514-fetch-multiple.sh +4 more+38 -70 replies
12/24builtin/stash: fix various trivial memory leaksbuiltin/stash.c t/t2501-cwd-empty.sh t/t3903-stash.sh +3 more+22 -20 replies
13/24builtin/rev-parse: fix memory leak with `--parseopt`builtin/rev-parse.c t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh+6 -10 replies
14/24builtin/show-branch: fix several memory leaksbuiltin/show-branch.c t/t3202-show-branch.sh t/t6010-merge-base.sh+38 -160 replies
15/24builtin/credential-store: fix leaking credentialbuiltin/credential-store.c t/t0302-credential-store.sh t/t0303-credential-external.sh+4 -00 replies
16/24builtin/rerere: fix various trivial memory leaksbuiltin/rerere.c rerere.c t/t2030-unresolve-info.sh +1 more+16 -30 replies
17/24builtin/shortlog: fix various trivial memory leaksbuiltin/shortlog.c t/t4201-shortlog.sh+2 -00 replies
18/24builtin/worktree: fix leaking derived branch namesbuiltin/worktree.c t/t2400-worktree-add.sh t/t9902-completion.sh+6 -30 replies
19/24builtin/credential-cache: fix trivial leaksbuiltin/credential-cache.c t/t0301-credential-cache.sh+9 -20 replies
20/24t/test-repository: fix leaking repositoryt/helper/test-repository.c t/t5318-commit-graph.sh+4 -20 replies
21/24object-name: fix leaking commit list itemsobject-name.c t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh t/t6133-pathspec-rev-dwim.sh+19 -100 replies
22/24entry: fix leaking pathnames during delayed checkoutconvert.c entry.c t/t2080-parallel-checkout-basics.sh +1 more+6 -20 replies
23/24convert: fix leaking config stringsconvert.c t/t0021-conversion.sh+10 -30 replies
24/24commit-reach: fix trivial memory leak when computing reachabilitycommit-reach.c t/t3201-branch-contains.sh+2 -00 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH v2 00/24] Memory leak fixes (pt.3)

Hi,

this is the second version of my patch series that plugs another round of memory leaks in Git. Changes compared to v2:

- Various typo fixes.

- Adopted a patch by Rubén that plugs a git-submodule--helper(1) leak in a neater way by using an integer to track the clone depth instead of using a (possibly allocated) string.

- Refactored git-ls-remote(1) to use a struct strvec to track patterns instead of manually populating an array, which makes the code easier to reason about while still plugging the memory leak. This was suggested by Taylor.

Thanks for all the reviews so far!

Patrick

Patrick Steinhardt (23):
builtin/replay: plug leaking advance_name variable builtin/log: fix leaking branch name when creating cover letters builtin/describe: fix memory leak with --contains= builtin/describe: fix leaking array when running diff-index builtin/describe: fix trivial memory leak when describing blob builtin/name-rev: fix various trivial memory leaks builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking buffer in is_tip_reachable builtin/ls-remote: fix leaking pattern strings builtin/remote: fix leaking strings in branch_list builtin/remote: fix various trivial memory leaks builtin/stash: fix various trivial memory leaks builtin/rev-parse: fix memory leak with --parseopt builtin/show-branch: fix several memory leaks builtin/credential-store: fix leaking credential builtin/rerere: fix various trivial memory leaks builtin/shortlog: fix various trivial memory leaks builtin/worktree: fix leaking derived branch names builtin/credential-cache: fix trivial leaks t/test-repository: fix leaking repository
object-name: fix leaking commit list items
entry: fix leaking pathnames during delayed checkout
convert: fix leaking config strings
commit-reach: fix trivial memory leak when computing reachability

Rubén Justico (1):
builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking clone depth parameter

 builtin/credential-cache.c              |  9 ++++-
 builtin/credential-store.c              |  1 +
 builtin/describe.c                      | 25 ++++++++++--
 builtin/log.c                           |  4 +-
 builtin/ls-remote.c                     | 24 +++++-------
 builtin/name-rev.c                      |  6 ++-
 builtin/remote.c                        | 44 ++++++++++++++++-----
 builtin/replay.c                        | 20 +++++++---
 builtin/rerere.c                        |  8 +++-
 builtin/rev-parse.c                     |  5 ++-
 builtin/shortlog.c                      |  1 +
 builtin/show-branch.c                   | 52 +++++++++++++++++--------
 builtin/stash.c                         | 18 ++++++++-
 builtin/submodule--helper.c             | 20 ++++++----
 builtin/worktree.c                      |  7 ++--
 commit-reach.c                          |  1 +
 convert.c                               | 14 +++++--
 entry.c                                 |  4 +-
 object-name.c                           | 26 ++++++++-----
 rerere.c                                |  9 ++++-
 t/helper/test-repository.c              |  4 +-
 t/t0021-conversion.sh                   |  1 +
 t/t0301-credential-cache.sh             |  2 +
 t/t0302-credential-store.sh             |  2 +
 t/t0303-credential-external.sh          |  1 +
 t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh           |  2 +
 t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh              |  1 +
 t/t2030-unresolve-info.sh               |  1 +
 t/t2080-parallel-checkout-basics.sh     |  1 +
 t/t2082-parallel-checkout-attributes.sh |  1 +
 t/t2400-worktree-add.sh                 |  1 +
 t/t2501-cwd-empty.sh                    |  1 +
 t/t3201-branch-contains.sh              |  1 +
 t/t3202-show-branch.sh                  |  1 +
 t/t3206-range-diff.sh                   |  1 +
 t/t3650-replay-basics.sh                |  1 +
 t/t3903-stash.sh                        |  1 +
 t/t3904-stash-patch.sh                  |  2 +
 t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh      |  1 +
 t/t4200-rerere.sh                       |  1 +
 t/t4201-shortlog.sh                     |  1 +
 t/t5318-commit-graph.sh                 |  2 +
 t/t5512-ls-remote.sh                    |  1 +
 t/t5514-fetch-multiple.sh               |  1 +
 t/t5520-pull.sh                         |  1 +
 t/t5528-push-default.sh                 |  1 +
 t/t5535-fetch-push-symref.sh            |  1 +
 t/t5543-atomic-push.sh                  |  1 +
 t/t5570-git-daemon.sh                   |  1 +
 t/t6007-rev-list-cherry-pick-file.sh    |  1 +
 t/t6010-merge-base.sh                   |  1 +
 t/t6120-describe.sh                     |  1 +
 t/t6133-pathspec-rev-dwim.sh            |  2 +
 t/t7064-wtstatus-pv2.sh                 |  1 +
 t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh              |  1 +
 t/t9902-completion.sh                   |  1 +
 t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh                  |  1 +
 57 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)

Range-diff against v1:

 1:  dd044eacc2 =  1:  b5c8a9495a builtin/replay: plug leaking `advance_name` variable
 2:  4daae88877 !  2:  73a16fff43 builtin/log: fix leaking branch name when creating cover letters

@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
builtin/log: fix leaking branch name when creating cover letters

- When calling make_cover_letter() without a branch name, then we try to
+ When calling make_cover_letter() without a branch name, we try to
derive the branch name by calling find_branch_name(). But while this function returns an allocated string, we never free the result and thus have a memory leak. Fix this.

 -:  ---------- >  3:  65027d13b7 builtin/describe: fix memory leak with `--contains=`
 4:  e8d86c01cf !  4:  19ca97e33a builtin/describe: fix leaking array when running diff-index

@@ Commit message
builtin/describe: fix leaking array when running diff-index

When running git-describe(1) with --dirty, we will set up a `struct
- rev_info` with arguments for git-diff-index(1). The way we assmble the
+ rev_info` with arguments for git-diff-index(1). The way we assemble the
arguments it causes two memory leaks though:

- We never release the struct strvec.

 5:  8aba7434bd =  5:  6deacb8667 builtin/describe: fix trivial memory leak when describing blob
 6:  088f730572 =  6:  e38e9d1b62 builtin/name-rev: fix various trivial memory leaks
 3:  08a12be13c !  7:  d3eb0372bd builtin/describe: fix memory leak with `--contains=`

@@
## Metadata ##
-Author: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
+Author: Rubén Justico <[email protected]>

## Commit message ##
- builtin/describe: fix memory leak with --contains=
+ builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking clone depth parameter

- When calling git describe --contains=, we end up invoking
- cmd_name_rev() with some munged argv array. This array may contain
- allocated strings and furthermore will likely be modified by the called
- function. This results in two memory leaks:
+ The submodule helper supports a --depth parameter for both its "add"
+ and "clone" subcommands, which in both cases end up being forwarded to
+ git-clone(1). But while the former subcommand uses an OPT_INTEGER() to
+ parse the depth, the latter uses OPT_STRING(). Consequently, it is
+ possible to pass non-integer input to "--depth" when calling the "clone"
+ subcommand, where the value will then ultimately cause git-clone(1) to
+ bail out.

- - First, we leak the array that we use to assemble the arguments.
+ Besides the fact that the parameter verification should happen earlier,
+ the submodule helper infrastructure also internally tracks the depth via
+ a string. This requires us to convert the integer in the "add"
+ subcommand into an allocated string, and this string ultimately leaks.

- - Second, we leak the allocated strings that we may have put into the
- array.
-
- Fix those leaks by creating a separate copy of the array that we can
- hand over to cmd_name_rev(). This allows us to free all strings
- contained in the strvec, as the original vector will not be modified
- anymore.
-
- Furthermore, free both the strvec and the copied array to fix the
- first memory leak.
+ Refactor the code to consistently track the clone depth as an integer.
+ This plugs the memory leak, simplifies the code and allows us to use
+ OPT_INTEGER() instead of OPT_STRING(), validating the input before
+ we shell out to git--clone(1).

+ Original-patch-by: Rubén Justo <[email protected]>

- ## builtin/describe.c ##
-@@ builtin/describe.c: int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
- if (contains) {
- struct string_list_item *item;
- struct strvec args;
-+ const char **argv_copy;
-+ int ret;
+ ## builtin/submodule--helper.c ##
+@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: struct module_clone_data {
+ const char *path;
+ const char *name;
+ const char *url;
+- const char *depth;
++ int depth;
+ struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options;
+ unsigned int quiet: 1;
+ unsigned int progress: 1;
+@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int clone_submodule(const struct module_clone_data *clone_data,
+ strvec_push(&cp.args, "--quiet");
+ if (clone_data->progress)
+ strvec_push(&cp.args, "--progress");
+- if (clone_data->depth && *(clone_data->depth))
+- strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "--depth", clone_data->depth, NULL);
++ if (clone_data->depth > 0)
++ strvec_pushf(&cp.args, "--depth=%d", clone_data->depth);
+ if (reference->nr) {
+ struct string_list_item *item;

- strvec_init(&args);
- strvec_pushl(&args, "name-rev",
-@@ builtin/describe.c: int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
- strvec_pushv(&args, argv);
- else
- strvec_push(&args, "HEAD");
-- return cmd_name_rev(args.nr, args.v, prefix);
-+
-+ /*
-+ * cmd_name_rev() modifies the array, so we'd link its
-+ * contained strings if we didn't do a copy here.
-+ */
-+ ALLOC_ARRAY(argv_copy, args.nr + 1);
-+ for (size_t i = 0; i < args.nr; i++)
-+ argv_copy[i] = args.v[i];
-+ argv_copy[args.nr] = NULL;
-+
-+ ret = cmd_name_rev(args.nr, argv_copy, prefix);
-+
-+ strvec_clear(&args);
-+ free(argv_copy);
-+ return ret;
- }
+@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int module_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+ N_("reference repository")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "dissociate", &dissociate,
+ N_("use --reference only while cloning")),
+- OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &clone_data.depth,
+- N_("string"),
++ OPT_INTEGER(0, "depth", &clone_data.depth,
+ N_("depth for shallow clones")),
+ OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "suppress output for cloning a submodule"),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &progress,
+@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int add_submodule(const struct add_data *add_data)
+ }
+ clone_data.dissociate = add_data->dissociate;
+ if (add_data->depth >= 0)
+- clone_data.depth = xstrfmt("%d", add_data->depth);
++ clone_data.depth = add_data->depth;

- hashmap_init(&names, commit_name_neq, NULL, 0);
+ if (clone_submodule(&clone_data, &reference))
+ goto cleanup;
7: 5220c91bda ! 8: 49c156cebb builtin/submodule--helper: fix various trivial memory leaks
@@ Metadata
Author: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>

## Commit message ##
- builtin/submodule--helper: fix various trivial memory leaks
+ builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking buffer in is_tip_reachable

- There are multiple trivial memory leaks in the submodule helper. Fix
- those.
+ The rev buffer in is_tip_reachable() is being populated with the
+ output of git-rev-list(1) -- if either the command fails or the buffer
+ contains any data, then the input commit is not reachable.
+
+ The buffer isn't used for anything else, but neither do we free it,
+ causing a memory leak. Fix this.

@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int is_tip_reachable(const char *path, const
}

static int fetch_in_submodule(const char *module_path, int depth, int quiet,
-@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static void append_fetch_remotes(struct strbuf *msg, const char *git_dir_path)
- static int add_submodule(const struct add_data *add_data)
- {
- char *submod_gitdir_path;
-+ char *depth_to_free = NULL;
- struct module_clone_data clone_data = MODULE_CLONE_DATA_INIT;
- struct string_list reference = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
- int ret = -1;
-@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int add_submodule(const struct add_data *add_data)
- }
- clone_data.dissociate = add_data->dissociate;
- if (add_data->depth >= 0)
-- clone_data.depth = xstrfmt("%d", add_data->depth);
-+ clone_data.depth = depth_to_free = xstrfmt("%d", add_data->depth);
-
- if (clone_submodule(&clone_data, &reference))
- goto cleanup;
@@ builtin/submodule--helper.c: static int add_submodule(const struct add_data *add_data)
die(_("unable to checkout submodule '%s'"), add_data->sm_path);
}
ret = 0;
+
cleanup:
-+ free(depth_to_free);
string_list_clear(&reference, 1);
return ret;
- }

## t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh ##
@@ t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh: subcommands of git submodule.
8: d42152654b ! 9: 4330c80905 builtin/ls-remote: fix leaking pattern strings

    @@ Commit message
         and prefix them with "*/", but never free either the array nor the
         allocated strings.
     
    -    Fix those leaks.
    +    Refactor the code to use a `struct strvec` instead of manually tracking
    +    the strings in an array. Like this, we can easily use `strvec_clear()`
    +    to release both the vector and the contained string for us, plugging the
    +    leak.
     
    +    Helped-by: Taylor Blau <[email protected]>
         Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
     
      ## builtin/ls-remote.c ##
    +@@ builtin/ls-remote.c: static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = {
    +  * Is there one among the list of patterns that match the tail part
    +  * of the path?
    +  */
    +-static int tail_match(const char **pattern, const char *path)
    ++static int tail_match(const struct strvec *pattern, const char *path)
    + {
    +-	const char *p;
    + 	char *pathbuf;
    + 
    +-	if (!pattern)
    ++	if (!pattern->nr)
    + 		return 1; /* no restriction */
    + 
    + 	pathbuf = xstrfmt("/%s", path);
    +-	while ((p = *(pattern++)) != NULL) {
    +-		if (!wildmatch(p, pathbuf, 0)) {
    ++	for (size_t i = 0; i < pattern->nr; i++) {
    ++		if (!wildmatch(pattern->v[i], pathbuf, 0)) {
    + 			free(pathbuf);
    + 			return 1;
    + 		}
     @@ builtin/ls-remote.c: int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
      	int status = 0;
      	int show_symref_target = 0;
      	const char *uploadpack = NULL;
     -	const char **pattern = NULL;
    -+	char **pattern = NULL;
    ++	struct strvec pattern = STRVEC_INIT;
      	struct transport_ls_refs_options transport_options =
      		TRANSPORT_LS_REFS_OPTIONS_INIT;
      	int i;
     @@ builtin/ls-remote.c: int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
    - 	if (argc > 1) {
    - 		int i;
    - 		CALLOC_ARRAY(pattern, argc);
    + 
    + 	packet_trace_identity("ls-remote");
    + 
    +-	if (argc > 1) {
    +-		int i;
    +-		CALLOC_ARRAY(pattern, argc);
     -		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
    -+		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
    - 			pattern[i - 1] = xstrfmt("*/%s", argv[i]);
    +-			pattern[i - 1] = xstrfmt("*/%s", argv[i]);
     -		}
    - 	}
    +-	}
    ++	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
    ++		strvec_pushf(&pattern, "*/%s", argv[i]);
      
      	if (flags & REF_TAGS)
    + 		strvec_push(&transport_options.ref_prefixes, "refs/tags/");
     @@ builtin/ls-remote.c: int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
      		struct ref_array_item *item;
      		if (!check_ref_type(ref, flags))
      			continue;
     -		if (!tail_match(pattern, ref->name))
    -+		if (!tail_match((const char **) pattern, ref->name))
    ++		if (!tail_match(&pattern, ref->name))
      			continue;
      		item = ref_array_push(&ref_array, ref->name, &ref->old_oid);
      		item->symref = xstrdup_or_null(ref->symref);
    @@ builtin/ls-remote.c: int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *
      		status = 1;
      	transport_ls_refs_options_release(&transport_options);
     +
    -+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
    -+		free(pattern[i - 1]);
    -+	free(pattern);
    ++	strvec_clear(&pattern);
      	return status;
      }
 9:  6952fb2ff2 = 10:  2e3f76b428 builtin/remote: fix leaking strings in `branch_list`
10:  8bedcfdad8 = 11:  384203c34b builtin/remote: fix various trivial memory leaks
11:  a4b3ca49c9 = 12:  b7c0671797 builtin/stash: fix various trivial memory leaks
12:  e277222bd2 ! 13:  034c416d46 builtin/rev-parse: fix memory leak with `--parseopt`

@@ Commit message
which is of course wrong.

Fix this by freeing all option's help fields as well as their argh
- fielids to plug this memory leak.
+ fields to plug this memory leak.

13:  fd857efa9f = 14:  20a40e2fd4 builtin/show-branch: fix several memory leaks
14:  ba4a883ae1 = 15:  b553f1ffb9 builtin/credential-store: fix leaking credential
15:  6d49645c0f = 16:  76d81c8ae1 builtin/rerere: fix various trivial memory leaks
16:  778e87221a = 17:  d52ac1a550 builtin/shortlog: fix various trivial memory leaks
17:  8a649bf7ed = 18:  dccaf695a9 builtin/worktree: fix leaking derived branch names
18:  2c7a369490 = 19:  788f0bee7b builtin/credential-cache: fix trivial leaks
19:  7564911d2a = 20:  eb58826b14 t/test-repository: fix leaking repository
20:  e3dbf9116b = 21:  fa95a67ccd object-name: fix leaking commit list items
21:  e426fd7ec5 = 22:  8cae4c44f4 entry: fix leaking pathnames during delayed checkout
22:  8c2a19994f = 23:  5d2bf0f0f3 convert: fix leaking config strings
23:  60aef16aef = 24:  6db1829c79 commit-reach: fix trivial memory leak when computing reachability

base-commit: d19b6cd2dd72dc811f19df4b32c7ed223256c3ee

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