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Re: segfault for git log --graph --no-walk --grep a

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 9, 2013, 00:47 UTC
Message-ID
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 04:22:15PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>> 
>>> > Thomas Haller <thom311@gmail.com> writes:
>>> >
>>> >> it happens in file revision.c:2306 because "commit->buffer" is zero:
>>> >>
>>> >>                 retval = grep_buffer(&opt->grep_filter,
>>> >>                                      commit->buffer, strlen(commit->buffer));
>>> >
>>> > I think this has been fixed at be5c9fb9049e (logmsg_reencode: lazily
>>> > load missing commit buffers, 2013-01-26); I haven't merged it to any
>>> > of the maintenance releases, but the tip of 'master' should have it
>>> > already.
>>> 
>>> Ah, no, this shares the same roots as the breakage the said commit
>>> fixed, and the solution should use the same idea, but not fixed.
>>
>> Yeah, I think this needs separate treatment. However, this is a perfect
>> example of the "case-by-case" I mention in the final two paragraphs
>> there.
>>
>> What's the right encoding to be grepping in? The original, what we will
>> output in, or even something else? IOW, I wonder if this should be using
>> logmsg_reencode in the first place (the obvious reason not to want to do
>> so is speed, but logmsg_reencode is written to only have an impact in
>> the case that we do indeed need to reencode).
>
> Yeah, that actually is a good point.  We should be using logmsg_reencode
> so that we look for strings in the user's encoding.

Perhaps like this. Just like the previous one (which should be discarded), this makes the function always use the temporary strbuf, so doing this upfront actually loses more code than it adds ;-)

 revision.c | 29 ++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index d7562ee..07bf728 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2269,6 +2269,9 @@ static int commit_match(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *opt)
 {
 	int retval;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *message;
+	const char *encoding;
+
 	if (!opt->grep_filter.pattern_list && !opt->grep_filter.header_list)
 		return 1;
 
@@ -2279,32 +2282,24 @@ static int commit_match(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *opt)
 		strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
 	}
 
-	/* Copy the commit to temporary if we are using "fake" headers */
-	if (buf.len)
-		strbuf_addstr(&buf, commit->buffer);
+	encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+	message = logmsg_reencode(commit, encoding);
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, message);
+	if (message != commit->buffer)
+		free(message);
 
 	if (opt->grep_filter.header_list && opt->mailmap) {
-		if (!buf.len)
-			strbuf_addstr(&buf, commit->buffer);
-
 		commit_rewrite_person(&buf, "\nauthor ", opt->mailmap);
 		commit_rewrite_person(&buf, "\ncommitter ", opt->mailmap);
 	}
 
 	/* Append "fake" message parts as needed */
-	if (opt->show_notes) {
-		if (!buf.len)
-			strbuf_addstr(&buf, commit->buffer);
+	if (opt->show_notes)
 		format_display_notes(commit->object.sha1, &buf,
-				     get_log_output_encoding(), 1);
-	}
+				     encoding, 1);
+
+	retval = grep_buffer(&opt->grep_filter, buf.buf, buf.len);
 
-	/* Find either in the commit object, or in the temporary */
-	if (buf.len)
-		retval = grep_buffer(&opt->grep_filter, buf.buf, buf.len);
-	else
-		retval = grep_buffer(&opt->grep_filter,
-				     commit->buffer, strlen(commit->buffer));
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	return retval;
 }
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Message 6 of 26 in “segfault for git log --graph --no-walk --grep a”
  1. Thomas HallerFeb 8, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  4. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  7. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2013
  8. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2013
  9. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2013
  12. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2013
  14. log: re-encode commit messages before greppingJeff King, Feb 11, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2013
  16. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2013
  17. t4210-log-i18n: spell encoding name "UTF-8" correctlyJohannes Sixt, Feb 25, 2013
  18. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  20. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2013
  21. Johannes SixtFeb 26, 2013
  22. Torsten BögershausenFeb 25, 2013
  23. Torsten BögershausenFeb 25, 2013
  24. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2013
  26. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2013

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