diff --git a/fetch-clone.c b/fetch-clone.c
index b632ca0438b378944b37a7d64fd508ea3f7f470f..76b99afcdb8556fec284a621bbdc76223845877e 100644 (file)
--- a/fetch-clone.c
+++ b/fetch-clone.c
@@ -115,12 +115,10 @@ static pid_t setup_sideband(int sideband, const char *me, int fd[2], int xd[2])
die("%s: unable to fork off sideband demultiplexer", me);
if (!side_pid) {
/* subprocess */
- char buf[LARGE_PACKET_MAX];
-
close(fd[0]);
if (xd[0] != xd[1])
close(xd[1]);
- if (recv_sideband(me, xd[0], fd[1], 2, buf, sizeof(buf)))
+ if (recv_sideband(me, xd[0], fd[1], 2))
exit(1);
exit(0);
}