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Consider using SafeHandle in Libgit2Object instead of void* #2111

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EgorBo opened this issue Jul 14, 2024 · 0 comments
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Consider using SafeHandle in Libgit2Object instead of void* #2111

EgorBo opened this issue Jul 14, 2024 · 0 comments

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EgorBo commented Jul 14, 2024

We've had a couple of bug reports against dotnet/runtime with rarely-reproduceable crashes coming from libgit2sharp. We believe that one possible reason could be an interop anti-pattern in Libgit2Object - void*/IntPtr representation of a native handle that can be freed in finalizer. E.g. in this case the finalizer in Libgit2Object may end up calling native free here (and other overloads).

The reason why it's called an anti-pattern can be explained by a short repro in this issue: dotnet/runtime#103522 and a general solution is to use SafeHandle for such handles. Also, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/native-interop/best-practices

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