Merge branch 'ne/alloc-free-and-null'

The clear_alloc_state() API function was not fully clearing the
structure for reuse, but since nobody reuses it, replace it with a
variant that frees the structure as well, making the callers simpler.

* ne/alloc-free-and-null:
  alloc: fix dangling pointer in alloc_state cleanup

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/alloc.c b/alloc.c
index 377e80f5dd..533a045c2a 100644
--- a/alloc.c
+++ b/alloc.c
@@ -36,19 +36,25 @@ struct alloc_state {
 	int slab_nr, slab_alloc;
 };
 
-struct alloc_state *allocate_alloc_state(void)
+struct alloc_state *alloc_state_alloc(void)
 {
 	return xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct alloc_state));
 }
 
-void clear_alloc_state(struct alloc_state *s)
+void alloc_state_free_and_null(struct alloc_state **s_)
 {
+	struct alloc_state *s = *s_;
+
+	if (!s)
+		return;
+
 	while (s->slab_nr > 0) {
 		s->slab_nr--;
 		free(s->slabs[s->slab_nr]);
 	}
 
 	FREE_AND_NULL(s->slabs);
+	FREE_AND_NULL(*s_);
 }
 
 static inline void *alloc_node(struct alloc_state *s, size_t node_size)