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[PATCH v2 0/11] limit memory allocations for v2 servers

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 14, 2021, 23:51 UTC
Message-ID
<YUE1alo58cGyTw6/@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<YUC/6n1hhUbMJiLw@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Here's a re-roll of my series to limit the memory a v2 server is willing to allocate on behalf of a client. See v1:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/YUC%2F6n1hhUbMJiLw@coredump.intra.peff.net/

for an overview. The existing patches are mostly small fixups pointed out by reviewers (thanks!), but I did take Martin's TOO_MANY_PREFIXES suggestion in patch 7 (without the change to the name of the constant it seemed too clever to me, but with it it seems just the right amount of clever).

There are two new patches here:
 - patch 8 explicitly documents the v2 ref-prefix "best effort" behavior
 - patch 11 teaches ls-refs to reject bogus arguments, which violates
   the spec (the current behavior caused a broken test to go unnoticed)
Full range-diff is below the diffstat.
  [01/11]: serve: rename is_command() to parse_command()
  [02/11]: serve: return capability "value" from get_capability()
  [03/11]: serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities table
  [04/11]: serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capability
  [05/11]: serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capability
  [06/11]: serve: drop "keys" strvec
  [07/11]: ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix counts
  [08/11]: docs/protocol-v2: clarify some ls-refs ref-prefix details
  [09/11]: serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo"
  [10/11]: serve: reject commands used as capabilities
  [11/11]: ls-refs: reject unknown arguments
 Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt |   6 +-
 ls-refs.c                               |  22 ++++-
 serve.c                                 | 119 +++++++++++++-----------
 t/t5701-git-serve.sh                    |  73 +++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
 1:  eb8e7b21a1 =  1:  eb8e7b21a1 serve: rename is_command() to parse_command()
 2:  8cc66cae41 =  2:  8cc66cae41 serve: return capability "value" from get_capability()
 3:  3343f9bb0a =  3:  3343f9bb0a serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities table
 4:  c4cc80fe7a !  4:  0319b69881 serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capability
    @@ Commit message
         all capabilities (because they might not have sent an object-format line
         at all, and we still have to check that the default matches our
         repository algorithm). Since the check_algorithm() function would now be
    -    done to a single if() statement, I've just inlined it in its only
    +    down to a single if() statement, I've just inlined it in its only
         caller.
     
         There should be no change of behavior here, except for two
 5:  c8527ca5a7 =  5:  efe207c35c serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capability
 6:  250e4723ba !  6:  463aa7faa3 serve: drop "keys" strvec
    @@ serve.c: static int process_request(void)
      			else
      				die("unknown capability '%s'", reader.line);
      
    -+
    - 			/* Consume the peeked line */
    - 			packet_reader_read(&reader);
    - 			break;
     @@ serve.c: static int process_request(void)
      			 * If no command and no keys were given then the client
      			 * wanted to terminate the connection.
 7:  1218d62247 !  7:  da2043f42f ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix counts
    @@ ls-refs.c: static void ensure_config_read(void)
      }
      
     +/*
    -+ * The maximum number of "ref-prefix" lines we'll allow the client to send.
    -+ * If they go beyond this, we'll avoid using the prefix feature entirely.
    ++ * If we see this many or more "ref-prefix" lines from the client, we consider
    ++ * it "too many" and will avoid using the prefix feature entirely.
     + */
    -+#define MAX_ALLOWED_PREFIXES 65536
    ++#define TOO_MANY_PREFIXES 65536
     +
      /*
       * Check if one of the prefixes is a prefix of the ref.
       * If no prefixes were provided, all refs match.
    -@@ ls-refs.c: static int ls_refs_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
    - int ls_refs(struct repository *r, struct packet_reader *request)
    - {
    - 	struct ls_refs_data data;
    -+	int too_many_prefixes = 0;
    - 
    - 	memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
    - 	strvec_init(&data.prefixes);
     @@ ls-refs.c: int ls_refs(struct repository *r, struct packet_reader *request)
      			data.peel = 1;
      		else if (!strcmp("symrefs", arg))
      			data.symrefs = 1;
     -		else if (skip_prefix(arg, "ref-prefix ", &out))
     -			strvec_push(&data.prefixes, out);
     +		else if (skip_prefix(arg, "ref-prefix ", &out)) {
    -+			if (too_many_prefixes) {
    -+				/* ignore any further ones */
    -+			} else if (data.prefixes.nr >= MAX_ALLOWED_PREFIXES) {
    -+				strvec_clear(&data.prefixes);
    -+				too_many_prefixes = 1;
    -+			} else {
    ++			if (data.prefixes.nr < TOO_MANY_PREFIXES)
     +				strvec_push(&data.prefixes, out);
    -+			}
     +		}
      		else if (!strcmp("unborn", arg))
      			data.unborn = allow_unborn;
      	}
    + 
    + 	if (request->status != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
    + 		die(_("expected flush after ls-refs arguments"));
    + 
    ++	/*
    ++	 * If we saw too many prefixes, we must avoid using them at all; as
    ++	 * soon as we have any prefix, they are meant to form a comprehensive
    ++	 * list.
    ++	 */
    ++	if (data.prefixes.nr >= TOO_MANY_PREFIXES)
    ++		strvec_clear(&data.prefixes);
    ++
    + 	send_possibly_unborn_head(&data);
    + 	if (!data.prefixes.nr)
    + 		strvec_push(&data.prefixes, "");
     
      ## t/t5701-git-serve.sh ##
     @@ t/t5701-git-serve.sh: test_expect_success 'refs/heads prefix' '
    @@ t/t5701-git-serve.sh: test_expect_success 'refs/heads prefix' '
      
     +test_expect_success 'ignore very large set of prefixes' '
     +	# generate a large number of ref-prefixes that we expect
    -+	# to match nothing; the value here exceeds MAX_ALLOWED_PREFIXES
    ++	# to match nothing; the value here exceeds TOO_MANY_PREFIXES
     +	# from ls-refs.c.
     +	{
     +		echo command=ls-refs &&
     +		echo object-format=$(test_oid algo)
     +		echo 0001 &&
    -+		perl -le "print \"refs/heads/$_\" for (1..65536+1)" &&
    ++		perl -le "print \"ref-prefix refs/heads/\$_\" for (1..65536)" &&
     +		echo 0000
     +	} |
     +	test-tool pkt-line pack >in &&
 -:  ---------- >  8:  ee540a4ef7 docs/protocol-v2: clarify some ls-refs ref-prefix details
 8:  b1567fdc82 =  9:  481c07cfac serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo"
 9:  9786b9a11f = 10:  dff965c1d2 serve: reject commands used as capabilities
 -:  ---------- > 11:  f7339f924b ls-refs: reject unknown arguments
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Message 31 of 77 in “reducing memory allocations for v2 servers”
  1. 0/9 reducing memory allocations for v2 serversJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  2. 1/9 serve: rename is_command() to parse_command()Jeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  3. 2/9 serve: return capability "value" from get_capability()Jeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  4. 3/9 serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities tableJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  5. 4/9 serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capabilityJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  6. Martin ÅgrenSep 14, 2021
  7. 5/9 serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capabilityJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  8. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  9. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  10. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  11. Martin ÅgrenSep 14, 2021
  12. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  13. 6/9 serve: drop "keys" strvecJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  14. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  15. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  16. 7/9 ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix countsJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  17. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  18. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  19. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  20. Martin ÅgrenSep 14, 2021
  21. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  22. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  23. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  24. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  25. 8/9 serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo"Jeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  26. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  27. 9/9 serve: reject commands used as capabilitiesJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  28. Taylor BlauSep 14, 2021
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2021
  30. Jeff KingSep 14, 2021
  31. 0/11 limit memory allocations for v2 serversJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  32. 01/11 serve: rename is_command() to parse_command()Jeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  33. 02/11 serve: return capability "value" from get_capability()Jeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  34. 03/11 serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities tableJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  35. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 15, 2021
  36. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  37. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2021
  38. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  39. 04/11 serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capabilityJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2021
  41. 05/11 serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capabilityJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2021
  43. 07/11 ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix countsJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  44. Taylor BlauSep 15, 2021
  45. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  46. Eric SunshineSep 15, 2021
  47. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  48. 06/11 serve: drop "keys" strvecJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  49. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2021
  50. 08/11 docs/protocol-v2: clarify some ls-refs ref-prefix detailsJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  51. 09/11 serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo"Jeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  52. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 15, 2021
  53. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  54. Eric SunshineSep 15, 2021
  55. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  56. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2021
  57. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  58. 10/11 serve: reject commands used as capabilitiesJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  59. 11/11 ls-refs: reject unknown argumentsJeff King, Sep 14, 2021
  60. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 15, 2021
  61. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  62. Taylor BlauSep 15, 2021
  63. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021
  64. 0/11 limit memory allocations for v2 serversJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  65. 01/11 serve: rename is_command() to parse_command()Jeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  66. 02/11 serve: return capability "value" from get_capability()Jeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  67. 03/11 serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities tableJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  68. 04/11 serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capabilityJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  69. 05/11 serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capabilityJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  70. 06/11 serve: drop "keys" strvecJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  71. 07/11 ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix countsJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  72. 08/11 docs/protocol-v2: clarify some ls-refs ref-prefix detailsJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  73. 09/11 serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo"Jeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  74. 10/11 serve: reject commands used as capabilitiesJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  75. 11/11 ls-refs: reject unknown argumentsJeff King, Sep 15, 2021
  76. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 15, 2021
  77. Jeff KingSep 15, 2021

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