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Re: [PATCH 3/5] query_fsmonitor: use xsnprintf for formatting integers

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
May 19, 2018, 08:27 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Am 19.05.2018 um 03:57 schrieb Jeff King:
> These formatted integers should always fit into their
> 64-byte buffers. Let's use xsnprintf() to add an assertion
> that this is the case, which makes auditing for other
> unchecked snprintfs() easier.
How about this instead?
-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] fsmonitor: use internal argv_array of struct child_process

Avoid magic array sizes and indexes by constructing the fsmonitor command line using the embedded argv_array of the child_process. The resulting code is shorter and easier to extend.

Getting rid of the snprintf() calls is a bonus -- even though the buffers were big enough here to avoid truncation -- as it makes auditing the remaining callers easier.

Inspired-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 fsmonitor.c | 14 ++++----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fsmonitor.c b/fsmonitor.c
index ed3d1a074d..665bd2d425 100644
--- a/fsmonitor.c
+++ b/fsmonitor.c
@@ -97,19 +97,13 @@ void write_fsmonitor_extension(struct strbuf *sb, struct index_state *istate)
 static int query_fsmonitor(int version, uint64_t last_update, struct strbuf *query_result)
 {
 	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
-	char ver[64];
-	char date[64];
-	const char *argv[4];
 
-	if (!(argv[0] = core_fsmonitor))
+	if (!core_fsmonitor)
 		return -1;
 
-	snprintf(ver, sizeof(ver), "%d", version);
-	snprintf(date, sizeof(date), "%" PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)last_update);
-	argv[1] = ver;
-	argv[2] = date;
-	argv[3] = NULL;
-	cp.argv = argv;
+	argv_array_push(&cp.args, core_fsmonitor);
+	argv_array_pushf(&cp.args, "%d", version);
+	argv_array_pushf(&cp.args, "%" PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)last_update);
 	cp.use_shell = 1;
 	cp.dir = get_git_work_tree();
 
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Message 8 of 13 in “snprintf truncation fixes”
  1. 0/5 snprintf truncation fixesJeff King, May 19, 2018
  2. 1/5 http: use strbufs instead of fixed buffersJeff King, May 19, 2018
  3. Stefan BellerMay 21, 2018
  4. Jeff KingMay 21, 2018
  5. Stefan BellerMay 21, 2018
  6. 2/5 log_write_email_headers: use strbufsJeff King, May 19, 2018
  7. 3/5 query_fsmonitor: use xsnprintf for formatting integersJeff King, May 19, 2018
  8. René ScharfeMay 19, 2018
  9. Jeff KingMay 20, 2018
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2018
  11. Ben PeartMay 21, 2018
  12. 4/5 shorten_unambiguous_ref: use xsnprintfJeff King, May 19, 2018
  13. 5/5 fmt_with_err: add a comment that truncation is OKJeff King, May 19, 2018

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