On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All returns before this point leak the memory of `lock_file`. Yeah, it's intentional. From Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt: * Allocates a `struct lock_file` either as a static variable or on the heap, initialized to zeros. Once you use the structure to call the `hold_lock_file_*` family of functions, it belongs to the lockfile subsystem and its storage must remain valid throughout the life of the program (i.e. you cannot use an on-stack variable to hold this structure). Thanks, Paul -- 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