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Re: [PATCH 07/17] commit: increase commit message buffer size

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Jul 9, 2018, 17:24 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 6:09 AM Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On 7/8/2018 7:36 PM, brian m. carlson wrote:
> > 100 bytes is not sufficient to ensure we can write a commit message
> > buffer when using a 32-byte hash algorithm.  Increase the buffer size to
> > ensure we have sufficient space.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> > ---
> >   refs/files-backend.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
> > index a9a066dcfb..252f835bae 100644
> > --- a/refs/files-backend.c
> > +++ b/refs/files-backend.c
> > @@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ static int log_ref_write_fd(int fd, const struct object_id *old_oid,
> >       char *logrec;
> >
> >       msglen = msg ? strlen(msg) : 0;
> > -     maxlen = strlen(committer) + msglen + 100;
> > +     maxlen = strlen(committer) + msglen + 200;
> >       logrec = xmalloc(maxlen);
> >       len = xsnprintf(logrec, maxlen, "%s %s %s\n",
> >                       oid_to_hex(old_oid),
>
> nit: 100 is not enough anymore, but wasn't a very descriptive value. 200
> may be enough now, but I'm not sure why.

That line was touched in by Michael in 7bd9bcf372d (refs: split filesystem-based refs code into a new file, 2015-11-09) and before that by Ronnie in 2c6207abbd6 (refs.c: add a function to append a reflog entry to a fd, 2014-12-12) and introduced by Junio in 8ac65937d03 (Make sure we do not write bogus reflog entries., 2007-01-26) and it appears to me that 2*40 + 5 ought to be sufficient, but no comments or commit messages are found as to why we rather choose 100.

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Message 21 of 37 in “object_id part 14”
  1. 00/17 object_id part 14brian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  2. 01/17 cache: update object ID functions for the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  3. Jacob KellerJul 9, 2018
  4. Eric SunshineJul 9, 2018
  5. Jacob KellerJul 9, 2018
  6. brian m. carlsonJul 9, 2018
  7. 04/17 commit: express tree entry constants in terms of the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  8. 06/17 sha1-name: use the_hash_algo when parsing object namesbrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  9. 05/17 strbuf: allocate space with GIT_MAX_HEXSZbrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  10. 10/17 builtin/update-index: simplify parsing of cacheinfobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  11. 11/17 builtin/fmt-merge-msg: make hash independentbrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  12. 14/17 diff: switch GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ to use the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  13. 13/17 builtin/merge-recursive: make hash independentbrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  14. 17/17 pretty: switch hard-coded constants to the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  15. 15/17 log-tree: switch GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ to the_hash_algo->hexszbrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  16. 16/17 sha1-file: convert constants to uses of the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  17. 12/17 builtin/merge: switch to use the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  18. 09/17 builtin/update-index: convert to using the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  19. 07/17 commit: increase commit message buffer sizebrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  20. Derrick StoleeJul 9, 2018
  21. Stefan BellerJul 9, 2018
  22. Brandon WilliamsJul 9, 2018
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2018
  24. Brandon WilliamsJul 9, 2018
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2018
  26. brian m. carlsonJul 9, 2018
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2018
  28. Ben PeartJul 10, 2018
  29. brian m. carlsonJul 11, 2018
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2018
  31. 08/17 refs/files-backend: use the_hash_algo for writing refsbrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  32. 02/17 tree-walk: replace hard-coded constants with the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  33. 03/17 hex: switch to using the_hash_algobrian m. carlson, Jul 8, 2018
  34. Jacob KellerJul 9, 2018
  35. Derrick StoleeJul 9, 2018
  36. Michael HaggertyJul 14, 2018
  37. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2018

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