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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] load_one_loose_object_map(): fix resource leak
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:25:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqcxx6pths.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17242c249f0beb387fd30634663f13ce42d34f79.1782889472.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:04:19 +0000")

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
writes:

> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> Pointed out by Coverity.
>
> While at it, reduce near-duplicate clean-up code at the end of the
> function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>  loose.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/loose.c b/loose.c
> index 0b626c1b85..47b7f5ec38 100644
> --- a/loose.c
> +++ b/loose.c
> @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static int load_one_loose_object_map(struct repository *repo, struct odb_source_
>  {
>  	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, path = STRBUF_INIT;
>  	FILE *fp;
> +	int ret = -1;
>  
>  	if (!loose->map)
>  		loose_object_map_init(&loose->map);
> @@ -98,13 +99,12 @@ static int load_one_loose_object_map(struct repository *repo, struct odb_source_
>  		insert_loose_map(loose, &oid, &compat_oid);
>  	}
>  
> -	strbuf_release(&buf);
> -	strbuf_release(&path);
> -	return errno ? -1 : 0;

Wow, this is bad bad bad.  We do not even know what is in errno as
we are supposed to have jumped to out-of-line err label in all error
cases.

> +	ret = 0;

Or we can do

	ret = ferror(fp) ? -1 : 0;

if we want to be sure that we have caught all the errors.

>  err:
> +	fclose(fp);
>  	strbuf_release(&buf);
>  	strbuf_release(&path);
> -	return -1;
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  int repo_read_loose_object_map(struct repository *repo)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-01  7:04 [PATCH 00/13] coverity: fix leaks and error paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 01/13] load_one_loose_object_map(): fix resource leak Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-01 16:25   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-07-04  8:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 02/13] loose: avoid closing invalid fd on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 03/13] download_https_uri_to_file(): do not leak fd upon failure Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 04/13] run-command: avoid close(-1) in start_command() error paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 05/13] run_diff_files: avoid memory leak Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-04  8:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 06/13] line-log: avoid redundant copy that leaks in process_ranges Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  8:02   ` Jeff King
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 07/13] dir: free allocations on parse-error paths in read_one_dir() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-04  8:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 08/13] submodule: fix cwd leak in get_superproject_working_tree() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-04  8:59     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 09/13] worktree: fix resource leaks when branch creation fails Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 10/13] imap-send: avoid leaking the IMAP upload buffer Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 11/13] reftable/table: release filter on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 12/13] fsmonitor: plug token-data leak on early daemon-startup failures Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 13/13] mingw: make exit_process() own the process handle on all paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01 17:34 ` [PATCH 00/13] coverity: fix leaks and error paths Junio C Hamano
2026-07-05  8:24 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] load_one_loose_object_map(): fix resource leak Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] loose: avoid closing invalid fd on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] download_https_uri_to_file(): do not leak fd upon failure Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] run-command: avoid `close(-1)` in `start_command()` error paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] line-log: avoid redundant copy that leaks in process_ranges Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] dir: free allocations on parse-error paths in `read_one_dir()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] submodule: fix cwd leak in `get_superproject_working_tree()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] worktree: fix resource leaks when branch creation fails Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] imap-send: avoid leaking the IMAP upload buffer Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] reftable/table: release filter on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] fsmonitor: plug token-data leak on early daemon-startup failures Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] mingw: make `exit_process()` own the process handle on all paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget

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