From 84870536b12cd43577334df42bf03a01bb1e9d96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:04:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add_commit_patch_id(): avoid allocating memory unnecessarily It would appear that we allocate (and forget to release) memory if the patch ID is not even defined. Reported by the Coverity tool. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- patch-ids.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/patch-ids.c b/patch-ids.c index ce285c2e0c..660177875a 100644 --- a/patch-ids.c +++ b/patch-ids.c @@ -99,11 +99,12 @@ struct patch_id *has_commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct patch_id *add_commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct patch_ids *ids) { - struct patch_id *key = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*key)); + struct patch_id *key; if (!patch_id_defined(commit)) return NULL; + key = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*key)); if (init_patch_id_entry(key, commit, ids)) { free(key); return NULL;