On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 05:51:24PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > The git_connect() function has a special CONNECT_DIAG_URL mode, where we > stop short of actually connecting to the other side and just print some > parsing details. For URLs that require a child process (like ssh), we > free() the child_process struct but forget to clear it, leaking the > strings we stuffed into its "env" list. > > This leak is triggered many times in t5500, which uses "fetch-pack > --diag-url", but we're not yet ready to mark it as leak-free. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> > --- > connect.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c > index 6829ab3974..58f53d8dcb 100644 > --- a/connect.c > +++ b/connect.c > @@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url, > > free(hostandport); > free(path); > + child_process_clear(conn); > free(conn); > strbuf_release(&cmd); > return NULL; There's only a single exit path in this function that ends up discarding the `struct child_process`, so this looks good to me. Patrick
