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[PATCHv4 08/10] send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushing too large packs

From
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
May 23, 2011, 00:52 UTC
Message-ID
<1306111923-16859-9-git-send-email-johan@herland.net>
In-Reply-To
<1306111923-16859-1-git-send-email-johan@herland.net>

Add a new receive.packSizeLimit config variable which defines an upper limit on the pack size to accept in a single push.

This limit is advertised to clients, using the new "limit-pack-size=<num>" capability. The client side - aka. send-pack - parses this capability and forwards it to pack-objects, using the --max-pack-size option. pack-objects then checks the generated pack against the limit and aborts the pack transmission if the pack becomes too large.

However, older clients that do not understand the capability will not check their pack against the limit, and will end up pushing the pack to the server. Currently there is no extra check on the server to detect a push that exceeds receive.packSizeLimit. However, such a check could be done in a pre-receive or update hook.

Documentation and tests are included.
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 Documentation/config.txt                          |    9 +++
 Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt |    1 +
 builtin/receive-pack.c                            |   10 +++-
 builtin/send-pack.c                               |   14 ++++-
 send-pack.h                                       |    1 +
 t/t5400-send-pack.sh                              |   62 +++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c18faac..79d553a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1592,6 +1592,15 @@ receive.unpackLimit::
 	especially on slow filesystems.  If not set, the value of
 	`transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
 
+receive.packSizeLimit::
+	If the pack file transferred in a push exceeds this limit,
+	then the entire push will be refused. This is meant to prevent
+	an unintended large push (typically a result of the user not
+	being aware of exactly what is being pushed, e.g. pushing a
+	large rewritten history) from entering the repo. If not set,
+	there is no upper limit on the size of the pack transferred
+	in a single push.
+
 receive.commitCountLimit::
 	If the number of commits received in a push exceeds this limit,
 	then the entire push will be refused. This is meant to prevent
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index 0240967..71566cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ the server. If the check fails, the client must abort the upload, and
 report the reason for the aborted push back to the user.
 The following "limit-*" capabilites are recognized:
 
+ - limit-pack-size=<num>    (Maximum size (in bytes) of uploaded pack)
  - limit-commit-count=<num> (Maximum number of commits in a pack)
 
 More "limit-*" capabilities may be added in the future. The client
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 32d95fb..49d29ad 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int receive_fsck_objects;
 static int receive_unpack_limit = -1;
 static int transfer_unpack_limit = -1;
 static int unpack_limit = 100;
-static unsigned long limit_commit_count;
+static unsigned long limit_pack_size, limit_commit_count;
 static int report_status;
 static int use_sideband;
 static int prefer_ofs_delta = 1;
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ static int receive_pack_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(var, "receive.packsizelimit") == 0) {
+		limit_pack_size = git_config_ulong(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (strcmp(var, "receive.commitcountlimit") == 0) {
 		limit_commit_count = git_config_ulong(var, value);
 		return 0;
@@ -118,6 +123,9 @@ static const char *capabilities()
 	int ret = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
 			   " report-status delete-refs side-band-64k%s",
 			   prefer_ofs_delta ? " ofs-delta" : "");
+	if (limit_pack_size > 0)
+		ret += snprintf(buf + ret, sizeof(buf) - ret,
+				" limit-pack-size=%lu", limit_pack_size);
 	if (limit_commit_count > 0)
 		ret += snprintf(buf + ret, sizeof(buf) - ret,
 				" limit-commit-count=%lu", limit_commit_count);
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index f91924f..bd7b3c0 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ static int pack_objects(int fd, struct ref *refs, struct extra_have_objects *ext
 		NULL,
 		NULL,
 		NULL,
+		NULL,
 	};
 	struct child_process po;
 	int i;
-	char buf[40];
+	char buf1[40], buf2[40];
 
 	i = 4;
 	if (args->use_thin_pack)
@@ -64,10 +65,15 @@ static int pack_objects(int fd, struct ref *refs, struct extra_have_objects *ext
 		argv[i++] = "-q";
 	if (args->progress)
 		argv[i++] = "--progress";
+	if (args->max_pack_size > 0) {
+		snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "--max-pack-size=%lu",
+			 args->max_pack_size);
+		argv[i++] = buf1;
+	}
 	if (args->max_commit_count > 0) {
-		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "--max-commit-count=%lu",
+		snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2), "--max-commit-count=%lu",
 			 args->max_commit_count);
-		argv[i++] = buf;
+		argv[i++] = buf2;
 	}
 	memset(&po, 0, sizeof(po));
 	po.argv = argv;
@@ -271,6 +277,8 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 		args->use_ofs_delta = 1;
 	if (server_supports("side-band-64k"))
 		use_sideband = 1;
+	if ((p = server_supports("limit-pack-size=")))
+		args->max_pack_size = strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
 	if ((p = server_supports("limit-commit-count=")))
 		args->max_commit_count = strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
 
diff --git a/send-pack.h b/send-pack.h
index 489aabd..4f9b2f1 100644
--- a/send-pack.h
+++ b/send-pack.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct send_pack_args {
 		use_ofs_delta:1,
 		dry_run:1,
 		stateless_rpc:1;
+	unsigned long max_pack_size;
 	unsigned long max_commit_count;
 };
 
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 285601d..4ed5ba1 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -287,4 +287,66 @@ test_expect_success 'push is allowed when commit limit is not exceeded' '
 	test "$parent_head" = "$child_head"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'verify that limit-pack-size capability is not advertised by default' '
+	rewound_push_setup &&
+	(
+	    cd parent &&
+	    test_might_fail git receive-pack . <../pkt-flush >output &&
+	    test_must_fail grep -q "limit-pack-size" output
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify that receive.packSizeLimit triggers limit-pack-size capability' '
+	(
+	    cd parent &&
+	    git config receive.packSizeLimit 10 &&
+	    test_might_fail git receive-pack . <../pkt-flush >output &&
+	    grep -q "limit-pack-size=10" output
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'deny pushing when receive.packSizeLimit is exceeded' '
+	(
+	    cd child &&
+	    git reset --hard origin/master &&
+	    echo three > file && git commit -a -m three &&
+	    test_must_fail git send-pack ../parent master 2>errs &&
+	    grep -q "pack size limit" errs
+	) &&
+	parent_head=$(cd parent && git rev-parse --verify master) &&
+	child_head=$(cd child && git rev-parse --verify master) &&
+	test "$parent_head" != "$child_head"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repeated push failure proves that objects were not stored remotely' '
+	(
+	    cd child &&
+	    test_must_fail git send-pack ../parent master 2>errs &&
+	    grep -q "pack size limit" errs
+	) &&
+	parent_head=$(cd parent && git rev-parse --verify master) &&
+	child_head=$(cd child && git rev-parse --verify master) &&
+	test "$parent_head" != "$child_head"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'increase receive.packSizeLimit' '
+	(
+	    cd parent &&
+	    git config receive.packSizeLimit 1000000 &&
+	    test_might_fail git receive-pack . <../pkt-flush >output &&
+	    grep -q "limit-pack-size=1000000" output
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'push is allowed when pack size is not exceeded' '
+	(
+	    cd child &&
+	    git send-pack ../parent master 2>errs &&
+	    test_must_fail grep -q "pack size limit" errs
+	) &&
+	parent_head=$(cd parent && git rev-parse --verify master) &&
+	child_head=$(cd child && git rev-parse --verify master) &&
+	test "$parent_head" = "$child_head"
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.7.5.rc1.3.g4d7b
Previous: Johan HerlandNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 19 of 26 in “[PATCHv4 00/10] Push limits”
  1. Johan HerlandMay 23, 2011
  2. 01/10 Update technical docs to reflect side-band-64k capability in receive-packJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  3. 02/10 send-pack: Attempt to retrieve remote status even if pack-objects failsJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2011
  5. Johan HerlandMay 23, 2011
  6. 03/10 Tighten rules for matching server capabilities in server_supports()Johan Herland, May 23, 2011
  7. 04/10 receive-pack: Prepare for addition of the new 'limit-*' family of capabilitiesJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2011
  9. Johan HerlandMay 24, 2011
  10. 05/10 pack-objects: Teach new option --max-commit-count, limiting #commits in packJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2011
  12. Johan HerlandMay 24, 2011
  13. 06/10 send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many commitsJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2011
  15. Johan HerlandMay 24, 2011
  16. 07/10 pack-objects: Allow --max-pack-size to be used together with --stdoutJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2011
  18. Johan HerlandMay 24, 2011
  19. 08/10 send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushing too large packsJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2011
  21. 09/10 pack-objects: Estimate pack size; abort early if pack size limit is exceededJohan Herland, May 23, 2011
  22. Shawn PearceMay 23, 2011
  23. Johan HerlandMay 23, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2011
  25. Johan HerlandMay 24, 2011
  26. 10/10 receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many objectsJohan Herland, May 23, 2011

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