Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes:
> The `-X` switch for git-merge-tree(1) will push each option into a local
> `xopts` vector that we then end up parsing. The vector never gets freed
> though, causing a memory leak. Plug it.
It is unfortunate that the ownership rules of the second parameter
to parse_merge_opt() lets the string borrowed by the merge_options
struct. Otherwise we could have just cleared xopts immediately
after we are done with calling it.
The clean-up looks correct. Will queue.
Thanks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx>
> ---
> builtin/merge-tree.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/merge-tree.c b/builtin/merge-tree.c
> index 9bca9b5f33c..c00469ed3db 100644
> --- a/builtin/merge-tree.c
> +++ b/builtin/merge-tree.c
> @@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ int cmd_merge_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> int expected_remaining_argc;
> int original_argc;
> const char *merge_base = NULL;
> + int ret;
>
> const char * const merge_tree_usage[] = {
> N_("git merge-tree [--write-tree] [<options>] <branch1> <branch2>"),
> @@ -625,7 +626,9 @@ int cmd_merge_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> strbuf_list_free(split);
> }
> strbuf_release(&buf);
> - return 0;
> +
> + ret = 0;
> + goto out;
> }
>
> /* Figure out which mode to use */
> @@ -664,7 +667,11 @@ int cmd_merge_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>
> /* Do the relevant type of merge */
> if (o.mode == MODE_REAL)
> - return real_merge(&o, merge_base, argv[0], argv[1], prefix);
> + ret = real_merge(&o, merge_base, argv[0], argv[1], prefix);
> else
> - return trivial_merge(argv[0], argv[1], argv[2]);
> + ret = trivial_merge(argv[0], argv[1], argv[2]);
> +
> +out:
> + strvec_clear(&xopts);
> + return ret;
> }
> diff --git a/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh b/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
> index eea19907b55..37f1cd7364c 100755
> --- a/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
> +++ b/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>
> test_description='git merge-tree --write-tree'
>
> +TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
> . ./test-lib.sh
>
> # This test is ort-specific
