commit 0b6849e9e302286e906d97e4ba017dd66561a9ce
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat May 02 18:33:25 2020 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat May 02 18:33:25 2020 +0200
tree 066fa3d155771c555ac9fe8588019f098e16c4ef
parent 01f731e97c92bee05927f5008b7cd34ce188632b

patch 8.2.0681: pattern for 'hlsearch' highlighting may leak

Problem:    Pattern for 'hlsearch' highlighting may leak. (Dominique Pelle)
Solution:   Call end_search_hl() to make sure the previous pattern is freed.
            (closes #6028)

src/screen.c

diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 09aa10f..e218196 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
 {
     if (p_hls && !no_hlsearch)
     {
+	end_search_hl();  // just in case it wasn't called before
 	last_pat_prog(&screen_search_hl.rm);
 	screen_search_hl.attr = HL_ATTR(HLF_L);
 # ifdef FEAT_RELTIME