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Re: [PATCH v2] packfile: use get_be64() for large offsets

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 18, 2018, 14:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20180118141522.18294-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20180118110419.210006-1-dstolee@microsoft.com>
Junio,
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> The pack-index version 2 format uses two 4-byte integers in network-
> byte order to represent one 8-byte value. The current implementation
> has several code clones for stitching these integers together.
> 
> Use get_be64() to create an 8-byte integer from two 4-byte integers
> represented this way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  pack-revindex.c | 6 ++----
>  packfile.c      | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
> index 1b7ebd8d7e..ff5f62c033 100644
> --- a/pack-revindex.c
> +++ b/pack-revindex.c
> @@ -134,10 +134,8 @@ static void create_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
>  			if (!(off & 0x80000000)) {
>  				p->revindex[i].offset = off;
>  			} else {
> -				p->revindex[i].offset =
> -					((uint64_t)ntohl(*off_64++)) << 32;
> -				p->revindex[i].offset |=
> -					ntohl(*off_64++);
> +				p->revindex[i].offset = get_be64(off_64);
> +				off_64 += 2;
>  			}
>  			p->revindex[i].nr = i;
>  		}
> diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
> index 4a5fe7ab18..228ed0d59a 100644
> --- a/packfile.c
> +++ b/packfile.c
> @@ -1702,8 +1702,7 @@ off_t nth_packed_object_offset(const struct packed_git *p, uint32_t n)
>  			return off;
>  		index += p->num_objects * 4 + (off & 0x7fffffff) * 8;
>  		check_pack_index_ptr(p, index);
> -		return (((uint64_t)ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 0)))) << 32) |
> -				   ntohl(*((uint32_t *)(index + 4)));
> +		return get_be64(index);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.15.0
> 

This patch can't be applied to 'maint' currently at 3013dff86 (Prepare for 2.15.2, 2017-12-06), as it is in case of 'ds/use-get-be64', because 'maint' doesn't have get_be64() yet (b2e39d006 (bswap: add 64 bit endianness helper get_be64, 2017-09-22)).

Gábor
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  1. packfile: use get_be64() for large offsetsDerrick Stolee, Jan 17, 2018
  2. Jeff KingJan 17, 2018
  3. packfile: use get_be64() for large offsetsDerrick Stolee, Jan 18, 2018
  4. SZEDER GáborJan 18, 2018
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2018

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