On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 05:38:50PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: > `value` is just a temporary scratchpad, so we need to make sure it doesn't > leak. It is xstrdup'd in `git_config_get_string_const` and > `parse_notes_merge_strategy` just compares the string against predefined > values, so no need to keep it around longer. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > builtin/notes.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c > index ed6f222..d6bab17 100644 > --- a/builtin/notes.c > +++ b/builtin/notes.c > @@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ static int git_config_get_notes_strategy(const char *key, > if (parse_notes_merge_strategy(value, strategy)) > git_die_config(key, "unknown notes merge strategy %s", value); > > + free((void*)value); > return 0; > } I don't think this is wrong, but would it perhaps be simpler to call git_config_get_value() in the first place, which does not make a copy of the string? -Peff -- 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