From: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:25:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use lock token in non-URI form in start_put
Message-ID: <be6fef0d0902071725i799b70efs9e36b45dc9c06246@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0902072114360.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Hi,

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> If it is a prefix that happens to be part of the URI, but must not be used
> by the client code as a lock token, would it not be better to store the
> token in lock->token to begin with?

The URI form of the lock token is suitable for all other occurrences
lock token usage; that is, only start_put needs the non-URI form,
while the rest use the URI form.

That's why I only changed how start_put uses the lock token; changing
lock token just for the sake of start_put doesn't seem very effective
to me.

> This is unsafe.  What if lock->token does not contain a colon?  Even if it
> happens to be the case now, in your setup, it might change, or there might
> be mistakes in the server code.  We should always play it safe if we
> cannot control the other side's code.

Point noted. I'll try to think of something else.

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan