block alloc: add validations around cache_entry lifecyle

Add an option (controlled by an environment variable) perform extra
validations on mem_pool allocated cache entries. When set:

  1) Invalidate cache_entry memory when discarding cache_entry.

  2) When discarding index_state struct, verify that all cache_entries
     were allocated from expected mem_pool.

  3) When discarding mem_pools, invalidate mem_pool memory.

This should provide extra checks that mem_pools and their allocated
cache_entries are being used as expected.

Signed-off-by: Jameson Miller <jamill@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c2f48d53dd..010898ba6d 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -414,7 +414,10 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: built-in: git");
 
+	validate_cache_entries(&the_index);
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
+	validate_cache_entries(&the_index);
+
 	if (status)
 		return status;