Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Now system_path returns path which is allocated string to callers; > It prevents memory leaks in some places. All callers of system_path > are owners of path string and they must release it. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx> > --- Comparing this with what I sent out... > builtin/help.c | 10 +++++++--- > exec_cmd.c | 17 +++++++++-------- > exec_cmd.h | 4 ++-- > git.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- > 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > @@ -372,7 +373,9 @@ static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd) > static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd) > { > const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd); > - setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1); > + char *git_info_path = system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH); > + setenv("INFOPATH", git_info_path, 1); > + free(git_info_path); We are just about to exec; does this warrant the code churn? > execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL); > die(_("no info viewer handled the request")); > @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ const char *system_path(const char *path) > #endif > > strbuf_addf(&d, "%s/%s", prefix, path); > - path = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL); > - return path; > + return d.buf; These happens to be the same with the current strbuf implementation, but it is a good manner to use strbuf_detach(&d, NULL) here. We don't know what other de-initialization tomorrow's implementation of the strbuf API may have to do in strbuf_detach(). > @@ -68,16 +67,16 @@ void git_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path) > > > /* Returns the highest-priority, location to look for git programs. */ > -const char *git_exec_path(void) > +char *git_exec_path(void) > { > const char *env; > > if (argv_exec_path) > - return argv_exec_path; > + return strdup(argv_exec_path); > > env = getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT); > if (env && *env) { > - return env; > + return strdup(env); > } Now you are making callers of git_exec_path() responsible for freeing the result they receive. git_exec_path() may be called quite a lot, which means we may end up calling system_path() many times during the life of a process without freeing its return value, so this change may be worth doing, but this patch is insufficient, isn't it? You just added load_command_list() in help.c a new leak or two, for example. There probably are other callers of this function but I don't have time to look at all of them myself right now. > @@ -95,8 +94,10 @@ void setup_path(void) > { > const char *old_path = getenv("PATH"); > struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT; > + char* exec_path = git_exec_path(); > > - add_path(&new_path, git_exec_path()); > + add_path(&new_path, exec_path); > + free(exec_path); > add_path(&new_path, argv0_path); This part by itself is good, provided if we make it the caller's responsiblity to free string returned by git_exec_path(). > diff --git a/git.c b/git.c > index 82d7a1c..d01c4f1 100644 > --- a/git.c > +++ b/git.c > @@ -95,17 +95,25 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged) > if (*cmd == '=') > git_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1); > else { > - puts(git_exec_path()); > + char *exec_path = git_exec_path(); > + puts(exec_path); > + free(exec_path); > exit(0); > } > } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) { > - puts(system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH)); > + char *git_html_path = system_path(GIT_HTML_PATH); > + puts(git_html_path); > + free(git_html_path); > exit(0); > } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--man-path")) { > - puts(system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH)); > + char *git_man_path = system_path(GIT_MAN_PATH); > + puts(git_man_path); > + free(git_man_path); > exit(0); > } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--info-path")) { > - puts(system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH)); > + char *git_info_path = system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH); > + puts(git_info_path); > + free(git_info_path); > exit(0); > } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) { > use_pager = 1; None of these warrant the code churn, I would say. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html