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From: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: peff@peff.net, gitster@pobox.com,
	"D . Ben Knoble" <benknoble@gmail.com>,
	"brian m . carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
	Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listing
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:53:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260226205339.1535482-4-jonatan@jontes.page> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260226205339.1535482-1-jonatan@jontes.page>

The list_aliases() function sets the util pointer of each list item to
a heap-allocated copy of the alias command value.  Two callers failed
to free these util pointers:

 - list_cmds() in git.c collects a string list with STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP
   and clears it with string_list_clear(&list, 0), which frees the
   duplicated strings (strdup_strings=1) but not the util pointers.
   Pass free_util=1 to free them.

 - list_cmds_by_config() in help.c calls string_list_sort_u(list, 0) to
   deduplicate the list before processing completion.commands overrides.
   When duplicate entries are removed, the util pointer of each discarded
   item is leaked because free_util=0.  Pass free_util=1 to free them.

Reported-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page>
---
 git.c  | 2 +-
 help.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 744cb6527e..aeb099ab11 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
 	}
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < list.nr; i++)
 		puts(list.items[i].string);
-	string_list_clear(&list, 0);
+	string_list_clear(&list, 1);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 95f576c5c8..3e59d07c37 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void list_cmds_by_config(struct string_list *list)
 	if (repo_config_get_string_tmp(the_repository, "completion.commands", &cmd_list))
 		return;
 
-	string_list_sort_u(list, 0);
+	string_list_sort_u(list, 1);
 
 	while (*cmd_list) {
 		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-26 20:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-08 15:30 [RFC] Support UTF-8 characters in Git alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-08 16:07 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-08 23:21 ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 14:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 15:19     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-09 17:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 22:40     ` brian m. carlson
2026-02-09 23:14       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10  0:45         ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-10  1:04           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10  6:59             ` Jeff King
2026-02-09  7:36 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 13:59   ` Theodore Tso
2026-02-09 22:01 ` [PATCH v1] alias: support UTF-8 characters via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10  7:44   ` Jeff King
2026-02-10  8:30   ` Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-10 16:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 18:31   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing and lookup Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 18:31   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 19:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:29       ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-23  9:29     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 16:07       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-23 20:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 20:25           ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 10:27     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 22:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27   ` [PATCH 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 23:17     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 22:27   ` [PATCH 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-10 22:27   ` [PATCH 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:18   ` [PATCH v4 1/3] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:29     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 21:18   ` [PATCH v4 2/3] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 21:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 21:18   ` [PATCH v4 3/3] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-11 22:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-12 11:16     ` Richard Kerry
2026-02-12 15:34       ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 18:52     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-12 10:27   ` [PATCH v4 0/3] support UTF-8 in alias names Torsten Bögershausen
2026-02-12 15:35     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] support uTF-8 " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 16:15   ` [PATCH v5 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-16 18:32     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-17 20:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 14:52 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 16:21     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 14:52   ` [PATCH v6 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 1/4] help: use list_aliases() for alias listing Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 22:19     ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:41       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 20:45         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 23:33           ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-24 22:21     ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 2/4] alias: prepare for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 3/4] alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection syntax Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 10:55     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 14:48       ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 23:23         ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-18 21:57   ` [PATCH v7 4/4] completion: fix zsh alias listing for subsection aliases Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-19 18:17   ` [PATCH v7 0/4] support UTF-8 in alias names Junio C Hamano
2026-02-19 18:54     ` Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 17:12   ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-24 19:11     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 19:14       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-24 20:23         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 17:12   ` [PATCH 2/2] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 17:00   ` [PATCH 0/2] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example Jonatan Holmgren
2026-03-03  9:41     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-03 15:13       ` [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example! Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias] Jonatan Holmgren
2026-02-26 20:53   ` Jonatan Holmgren [this message]
2026-02-26 21:08   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix small issues in alias subsection handling Junio C Hamano
2026-03-03 15:12 ` [PATCH] doc: fix list continuation in alias.adoc Jonatan Holmgren

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