From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com>
Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/15] read-cache: free cache entry in add_to_index in case of early return
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:11:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa8z4dezs.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kYVWUofm+Hc2tWv8vLBxc01HqCGM=efYyb0jdGB-64zBg@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Beller's message of "Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:10:44 -0700")
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com> writes:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> wrote:
>> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com> writes:
>>
>>> This frees `ce` would be leaking in the error path.
>>
>> At this point ce is not yet added to the index, so it is clear it is
>> safe to free it---otherwise we will leak it. Good.
>>
>>> Additionally a free is moved towards the return.
>>
>> I am on the fence on this one between two schools and do not have a
>> strong preference. One school is to free as soon as you know you do
>> not need it, which is a valid stance to take. Another is, as you
>> did, not to care about the minimum necessary lifetime of the storage
>> and free them all at the end, which is also valid. Technically, the
>> former could be more performant while the latter is easier on the
>> eyes.
>
> I only recall to have seen the latter school so far, which is why I
> made the change in the first place assuming the school of freeing
> ASAP has no strong supporters inside the git community.
>
> I can resend the patch dropping the reordering, if you prefer.
I already said that I do not have a preference ;-)
Will queue 3/15 as-is, drop 2/15 and wait on 1/15.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-22 19:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-21 0:27 [PATCH 00/15] Fixing memory leaks Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:27 ` [PATCH 01/15] read-cache: fix memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-23 16:24 ` Stefan Beller
2015-03-23 17:57 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Stefan Beller
2015-03-23 17:57 ` [PATCH 2/2] read-cache.c: fix a memleak in add_to_index Stefan Beller
2015-03-23 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-23 18:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] read-cache: fix memleak Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:27 ` [PATCH 02/15] read-cache: Improve readability Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 4:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 5:11 ` Stefan Beller
2015-03-22 19:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 03/15] read-cache: free cache entry in add_to_index in case of early return Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 5:10 ` Stefan Beller
2015-03-22 19:11 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 04/15] update-index: fix a memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-23 16:53 ` [PATCH] update-index: Don't copy memory around Stefan Beller
2015-03-23 17:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 05/15] builtin/apply.c: fix a memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-23 17:13 ` [PATCH] builtin/apply.c: fix a memleak (Fixup, squashable) Stefan Beller
2015-03-23 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 06/15] merge-blobs.c: Fix a memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 07/15] merge-recursive: fix memleaks Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 08/15] http-push: Remove unneeded cleanup Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 09/15] http: release the memory of a http pack request as well Stefan Beller
2015-03-22 19:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-24 16:54 ` Stefan Beller
2015-03-24 17:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 10/15] commit.c: fix a memory leak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-24 13:42 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-03-24 21:17 ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2015-03-24 21:20 ` Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 11/15] builtin/check-attr: fix a memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 4:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 12/15] builtin/merge-base: fix memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 13/15] builtin/unpack-file: fix a memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 14/15] builtin/cat-file: free memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 0:28 ` [PATCH 15/15] ls-files: fix a memleak Stefan Beller
2015-03-21 3:21 ` [PATCH 00/15] Fixing memory leaks Junio C Hamano
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