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In the preceding [1] (pack-objects: move revs out of get_object_list(), 2022-03-22) the "repo_init_revisions()" was moved to cmd_pack_objects() so that it unconditionally took place for all invocations of "git pack-objects". We'd thus start leaking memory, which is easily reproduced in e.g. git.git by feedinge83c516331(Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell, 2005-04-07) to "git pack-objects"; $ echoe83c516331| ./git pack-objects initial [...] ==19130==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks Direct leak of 7120 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from: #0 0x455308 in __interceptor_malloc (/home/avar/g/git/git+0x455308) #1 0x75b399 in do_xmalloc /home/avar/g/git/wrapper.c:41:8 #2 0x75b356 in xmalloc /home/avar/g/git/wrapper.c:62:9 #3 0x5d7609 in prep_parse_options /home/avar/g/git/diff.c:5647:2 #4 0x5d415a in repo_diff_setup /home/avar/g/git/diff.c:4621:2 #5 0x6dffbb in repo_init_revisions /home/avar/g/git/revision.c:1853:2 #6 0x4f599d in cmd_pack_objects /home/avar/g/git/builtin/pack-objects.c:3980:2 #7 0x4592ca in run_builtin /home/avar/g/git/git.c:465:11 #8 0x457d81 in handle_builtin /home/avar/g/git/git.c:718:3 #9 0x458ca5 in run_argv /home/avar/g/git/git.c:785:4 #10 0x457b40 in cmd_main /home/avar/g/git/git.c:916:19 #11 0x562259 in main /home/avar/g/git/common-main.c:56:11 #12 0x7fce792ac7ec in __libc_start_main csu/../csu/libc-start.c:332:16 #13 0x4300f9 in _start (/home/avar/g/git/git+0x4300f9) SUMMARY: LeakSanitizer: 7120 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s). Aborted Narrowly fixing that commit would have been easy, just add call repo_init_revisions() right before get_object_list(), which is effectively what was done before that commit. But an unstated constraint when setting it up early is that it was needed for the subsequent [2] (pack-objects: parse --filter directly into revs.filter, 2022-03-22), i.e. we might have a --filter command-line option, and need to either have the "struct rev_info" setup when we encounter that option, or later. Let's just change the control flow so that we'll instead set up the "struct rev_info" only when we need it. Doing so leads to a bit more verbosity, but it's a lot clearer what we're doing and why. An earlier version of this commit[3] went behind opt_parse_list_objects_filter()'s back by faking up a "struct option" before calling it. Let's avoid that and instead create a blessed API for this pattern. We could furthermore combine the two get_object_list() invocations here by having repo_init_revisions() invoked on &pfd.revs, but I think clearly separating the two makes the flow clearer. Likewise redundantly but explicitly (i.e. redundant v.s. a "{ 0 }") "0" to "have_revs" early in cmd_pack_objects(). While we're at it add parentheses around the arguments to the OPT_* macros in in list-objects-filter-options.h, as we need to change those lines anyway. It doesn't matter in this case, but is good general practice. 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/619b757d98465dbc4995bdc11a5282fbfcbd3daa.1647970119.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com 2. https://lore.kernel.org/git/97de926904988b89b5663bd4c59c011a1723a8f5.1647970119.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com 3. https://lore.kernel.org/git/patch-1.1-193534b0f07-20220325T121715Z-avarab@gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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