Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] sha1_file.c: do not die failing to malloc in unpack_compressed_entry

> Fewer die() gives better control to the caller, provided that the
> caller _can_ handle it. And in unpack_compressed_entry() case, it can,
> because unpack_compressed_entry() already returns NULL if it fails to
> inflate data.
>
> A side effect from this is fsck continues to run when very large blobs
> are present (and do not fit in memory).
>
> Noticed-by: Dale R. Worley <worley@alum.mit.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
> ---
>  sha1_file.c      | 4 +++-
>  t/t1050-large.sh | 6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
> index 3f70b1d..330862b 100644
> --- a/sha1_file.c
> +++ b/sha1_file.c
> @@ -1923,7 +1923,9 @@ static void *unpack_compressed_entry(struct packed_git *p,
>         git_zstream stream;
>         unsigned char *buffer, *in;
>
> -       buffer = xmallocz(size);
> +       buffer = xmallocz_gentle(size);
> +       if (!buffer)
> +               return NULL;
>         memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
>         stream.next_out = buffer;
>         stream.avail_out = size + 1;
> diff --git a/t/t1050-large.sh b/t/t1050-large.sh
> index aea4936..5642f84 100755
> --- a/t/t1050-large.sh
> +++ b/t/t1050-large.sh
> @@ -163,4 +163,10 @@ test_expect_success 'zip achiving, deflate' '
>         git archive --format=zip HEAD >/dev/null
>  '
>
> +test_expect_success 'fsck' '
> +       test_must_fail git fsck 2>err &&
> +       n=$(grep "error: attempting to allocate .* over limit" err | wc -l) &&
> +       test "$n" -gt 1
> +'
> +
>  test_done
> --
> 2.1.0.rc0.78.gc0d8480
>