Re: [PATCH 08/23] builtin/submodule--helper: fix leaking remote ref on errors

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On 24/09/16 01:45PM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> When `update_submodule()` fails we return with `die_message()`.
> Curiously enough, this causes a memory leak because we use the
> `run_process_parallel()` interfaces here, which swap out the die
> routine.

Naive question, is `update_submodule()` itself being run in parallel
here? Is that why the die routine gets swapped out so a child process
dying is handled differently? Also is it correct to say leaks are not
considered when we "die" normally? 

> Fix the leak by freeing the remote ref.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx>




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