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From: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>,
	 Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] repository: free main reference database
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:09:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ajLixYJTl3c-lSn3@denethor> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615-b4-pks-refs-avoid-chdir-notify-reparent-v2-6-f4854aa99859@pks.im>

On 26/06/15 03:56PM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> While we release worktree and submodule reference databases when
> clearing a repository, we don't ever release the main reference
> database. This memory leak went unnoticed because its pointer is
> kept alive by the "chdir_notify" subsystem.
> 
> Fix the memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
>  repository.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c
> index 187dd471c4..e2b5c6712b 100644
> --- a/repository.c
> +++ b/repository.c
> @@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ void repo_clear(struct repository *repo)
>  		FREE_AND_NULL(repo->remote_state);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (repo->refs_private) {
> +		ref_store_release(repo->refs_private);
> +		FREE_AND_NULL(repo->refs_private);
> +	}

Nice fix. :)

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-17 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-10 14:57 [PATCH 0/9] refs: stop using `chdir_notify_reparent()` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 1/9] setup: inline `check_and_apply_repository_format()` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 2/9] setup: stop applying repository format twice Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-12  9:00   ` Karthik Nayak
2026-06-15 12:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 3/9] setup: don't apply "GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND" without a repository Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 17:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-12  6:18     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 4/9] refs: unregister reference stores from "chdir_notify" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-12  9:18   ` Karthik Nayak
2026-06-15 12:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 5/9] chdir-notify: drop unused `chdir_notify_reparent()` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 6/9] repository: free main reference database Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-12  9:20   ` Karthik Nayak
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 7/9] refs: fix recursing `get_main_ref_store()` with "onbranch" config Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 8/9] refs: drop local buffer in `refs_compute_filesystem_location()` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-10 14:57 ` [PATCH 9/9] refs: always use absolute paths for reference stores Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-12  9:58   ` Karthik Nayak
2026-06-15 12:36     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-11  6:53 ` [PATCH 0/9] refs: stop using `chdir_notify_reparent()` Jeff King
2026-06-12  6:18   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-13 14:00     ` Jeff King
2026-06-15 12:36       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-15 13:56 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] setup: inline `check_and_apply_repository_format()` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] setup: stop applying repository format twice Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 17:22     ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] setup: don't apply "GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND" without a repository Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 17:43     ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] refs: unregister reference stores from "chdir_notify" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 18:02     ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-17 18:07       ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] chdir-notify: drop unused `chdir_notify_reparent()` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] repository: free main reference database Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 18:09     ` Justin Tobler [this message]
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] refs: fix recursing `get_main_ref_store()` with "onbranch" config Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 18:41     ` Justin Tobler
2026-06-15 13:56   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] refs: drop local buffer in `refs_compute_filesystem_location()` Patrick Steinhardt

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