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[PATCH v2] compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to write

From
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 23, 2018, 12:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20181023123519.91317-1-carenas@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1810231212190.4546@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

in f48000fc ("Yank writing-back support from gitfakemmap.", 2005-10-08) support for writting back changes was removed but the specific prot flag that would be used was not checked for

Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
    
* reset-author to match signature
* cleanup commit message and add ACK
 compat/mmap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/compat/mmap.c b/compat/mmap.c
index 7f662fef7b..14d31010df 100644
--- a/compat/mmap.c
+++ b/compat/mmap.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t of
 {
 	size_t n = 0;
 
-	if (start != NULL || !(flags & MAP_PRIVATE))
+	if (start != NULL || flags != MAP_PRIVATE || prot != PROT_READ)
 		die("Invalid usage of mmap when built with NO_MMAP");
 
 	start = xmalloc(length);
-- 
2.19.1
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  1. compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to writecarlo, Oct 23, 2018
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 23, 2018
  3. compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to writeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 23, 2018
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2018

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