Kevin Willford <kewillf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The previous_name_buf was never getting released when there
> was an error in ce_write_entry or allow was false and execution
> was returned to the caller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Willford <kewillf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Thanks for spotting an old error that dates back to at least 2013
this month. The patch looks sensible.
> read-cache.c | 12 +++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
> index acfb028f48..47220cc30d 100644
> --- a/read-cache.c
> +++ b/read-cache.c
> @@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ static int do_write_index(struct index_state *istate, struct tempfile *tempfile,
> int newfd = tempfile->fd;
> git_SHA_CTX c;
> struct cache_header hdr;
> - int i, err, removed, extended, hdr_version;
> + int i, err = 0, removed, extended, hdr_version;
> struct cache_entry **cache = istate->cache;
> int entries = istate->cache_nr;
> struct stat st;
> @@ -2247,15 +2247,21 @@ static int do_write_index(struct index_state *istate, struct tempfile *tempfile,
> if (allow)
> warning(msg, ce->name);
> else
> - return error(msg, ce->name);
> + err = error(msg, ce->name);
>
> drop_cache_tree = 1;
> }
> if (ce_write_entry(&c, newfd, ce, previous_name) < 0)
> - return -1;
> + err = -1;
> +
> + if (err)
> + break;
> }
> strbuf_release(&previous_name_buf);
>
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> /* Write extension data here */
> if (!strip_extensions && istate->split_index) {
> struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
