Re: [PATCH 3/6] notes: don't leak memory in git_config_get_notes_strategy

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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
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