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Re: [PATCH 3/5] query_fsmonitor: use xsnprintf for formatting integers

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 20, 2018, 17:08 UTC
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<20180520170814.GB11967@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 10:27:46AM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:
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> Am 19.05.2018 um 03:57 schrieb Jeff King:
> > These formatted integers should always fit into their
> > 64-byte buffers. Let's use xsnprintf() to add an assertion
> > that this is the case, which makes auditing for other
> > unchecked snprintfs() easier.
> 
> How about this instead?
> 
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] fsmonitor: use internal argv_array of struct child_process

Yeah, I agree that is much nicer (I was so focused on the snprintfs I didn't bother to look at the context for a better solution).

Thanks, getting a review in the form of a complete patch is my favorite kind of review. :)

> Inspired-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Heh.
-Peff
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Message 9 of 13 in “snprintf truncation fixes”
  1. 0/5 snprintf truncation fixesJeff King, May 19, 2018
  2. 1/5 http: use strbufs instead of fixed buffersJeff King, May 19, 2018
  3. Stefan BellerMay 21, 2018
  4. Jeff KingMay 21, 2018
  5. Stefan BellerMay 21, 2018
  6. 2/5 log_write_email_headers: use strbufsJeff King, May 19, 2018
  7. 3/5 query_fsmonitor: use xsnprintf for formatting integersJeff King, May 19, 2018
  8. René ScharfeMay 19, 2018
  9. Jeff KingMay 20, 2018
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2018
  11. Ben PeartMay 21, 2018
  12. 4/5 shorten_unambiguous_ref: use xsnprintfJeff King, May 19, 2018
  13. 5/5 fmt_with_err: add a comment that truncation is OKJeff King, May 19, 2018

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