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[PATCH v2 1/8] midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred pack

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Apr 12, 2023, 10:22 UTC
Message-ID
<5ecad306b42441fa7d4f50bdfb9c09ccce22b6c9.1681294715.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1681294715.git.ps@pks.im>

When asked to write a multi-pack-index the user can specify a preferred pack that is used as a tie breaker when multiple packs contain the same objects. When this packfile cannot be found, we just pick the first pack that is getting tracked by the newly written multi-pack-index as a fallback.

Picking the fallback can fail in the case where we're asked to write a multi-pack-index with no packfiles at all: picking the fallback value will cause a segfault as we blindly index into the array of packfiles, which would be empty.

Fix this bug by exiting early in case we have determined that the MIDX wouldn't have any packfiles to index. While the request itself does not make much sense anyway, it is still preferable to exit gracefully than to abort.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 midx.c                      |  6 ++++++
 t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
index 9af3e5de88..22ea7ffb75 100644
--- a/midx.c
+++ b/midx.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,12 @@ static int write_midx_internal(const char *object_dir,
 	for_each_file_in_pack_dir(object_dir, add_pack_to_midx, &ctx);
 	stop_progress(&ctx.progress);
 
+	if (!ctx.nr) {
+		error(_("no pack files to index."));
+		result = 1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 	if ((ctx.m && ctx.nr == ctx.m->num_packs) &&
 	    !(packs_to_include || packs_to_drop)) {
 		struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git;
diff --git a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
index 499d5d4c78..be7f3c1e1f 100755
--- a/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
+++ b/t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@ test_expect_success 'write midx with --stdin-packs' '
 
 compare_results_with_midx "mixed mode (one pack + extra)"
 
+test_expect_success 'write with no objects and preferred pack' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf empty" &&
+	git init empty &&
+	test_must_fail git -C empty multi-pack-index write \
+		--stdin-packs --preferred-pack=does-not-exist </dev/null 2>err &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	error: no pack files to index.
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'write progress off for redirected stderr' '
 	git multi-pack-index --object-dir=$objdir write 2>err &&
 	test_line_count = 0 err
-- 
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  1. repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 4, 2023
  2. Taylor BlauApr 4, 2023
  3. Taylor BlauApr 4, 2023
  4. Patrick SteinhardtApr 5, 2023
  5. Derrick StoleeApr 10, 2023
  6. Taylor BlauApr 10, 2023
  7. Patrick SteinhardtApr 11, 2023
  8. Taylor BlauApr 11, 2023
  9. Patrick SteinhardtApr 12, 2023
  10. Patrick SteinhardtApr 11, 2023
  11. Patrick SteinhardtApr 11, 2023
  12. Taylor BlauApr 11, 2023
  13. Taylor BlauApr 10, 2023
  14. 0/8 repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  15. 1/8 midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred packPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  16. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  17. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  18. 2/8 repack: fix trying to use preferred pack in alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  19. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  20. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  21. 3/8 repack: fix generating multi-pack-index with only non-local packsPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  22. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  23. 4/8 pack-objects: fix error when packing same pack twicePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  24. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  25. 5/8 pack-objects: fix error when same packfile is included and excludedPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  26. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  27. 6/8 pack-objects: extend test coverage of `--stdin-packs` with alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  28. 7/8 repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometryPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2023
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2023
  31. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  32. 8/8 repack: disable writing bitmaps when doing a local geometric repackPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  33. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  34. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  35. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  36. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  37. 00/10 repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  38. 01/10 midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred packPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  39. Derrick StoleeApr 13, 2023
  40. 02/10 repack: fix trying to use preferred pack in alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  41. 03/10 repack: fix generating multi-pack-index with only non-local packsPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  42. 04/10 pack-objects: split out `--stdin-packs` tests into separate filePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  43. 05/10 pack-objects: fix error when packing same pack twicePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  44. 06/10 pack-objects: fix error when same packfile is included and excludedPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  45. 07/10 pack-objects: extend test coverage of `--stdin-packs` with alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  46. 08/10 t/helper: allow chmtime to print verbosely without modifying mtimePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  47. 09/10 repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometryPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  48. Derrick StoleeApr 13, 2023
  49. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  50. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2023
  51. 10/10 repack: disable writing bitmaps when doing a local repackPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  52. Derrick StoleeApr 13, 2023
  53. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2023
  54. Patrick SteinhardtApr 14, 2023
  55. 00/10 repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  56. 01/10 midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred packPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  57. 03/10 repack: fix generating multi-pack-index with only non-local packsPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  58. 02/10 repack: fix trying to use preferred pack in alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  59. 04/10 pack-objects: split out `--stdin-packs` tests into separate filePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  60. 05/10 pack-objects: fix error when packing same pack twicePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  61. 06/10 pack-objects: fix error when same packfile is included and excludedPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  62. 07/10 pack-objects: extend test coverage of `--stdin-packs` with alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  63. 08/10 t/helper: allow chmtime to print verbosely without modifying mtimePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  64. 09/10 repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometryPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  65. 10/10 repack: disable writing bitmaps when doing a local repackPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  66. Derrick StoleeApr 14, 2023
  67. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2023

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