Re: [PATCHv2 2/4] abbrev_sha1_in_line: don't leak memory

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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> `split` is of type `struct strbuf **`, which we have a dedicated free
> function for, which takes care of freeing all related memory.

I think it's important to explain that 'split' and each split[]
element were being leaked (despite the existing strbuf_release()) as
justification for why this change is beneficial.

> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  wt-status.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
> index ef74864..1ea2ebe 100644
> --- a/wt-status.c
> +++ b/wt-status.c
> @@ -1063,9 +1063,7 @@ static void abbrev_sha1_in_line(struct strbuf *line)
>                                 strbuf_addf(line, "%s", split[i]->buf);
>                 }
>         }
> -       for (i = 0; split[i]; i++)
> -               strbuf_release(split[i]);
> -
> +       strbuf_list_free(split);
>  }
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