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[PATCH] diff: prevent pprint_rename from underrunning input

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Feb 26, 2013, 20:47 UTC
Message-ID
<d74fcfa693e5feb7249023feda8d3ad1f22ab16d.1361911196.git.trast@student.ethz.ch>
In-Reply-To
<1361638125-11245-1-git-send-email-apelisse@gmail.com>

The logic described in d020e27 (diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix overlap, 2013-02-23) is wrong: The proof in the comment is valid only if both strings are the same length. *One* of old/new can reach a-1 (b-1, resp.) if 'a' is a suffix of 'b' (or vice versa).

Since the intent was to let the loop run down to the '/' at the end of the common prefix, fix it by making that distinction explicit: if there is no prefix, allow no underrun.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
---
Hi Antoine,

Unfortunately there's this bug in your patch. Luckily it was found by valgrind on t4016 and others.

Cheers Thomas

 diff.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 7d49cab..8396527 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,7 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
 	const char *new = b;
 	struct strbuf name = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int pfx_length, sfx_length;
+	int pfx_adjust_for_slash;
 	int len_a = strlen(a);
 	int len_b = strlen(b);
 	int a_midlen, b_midlen;
@@ -1291,14 +1292,16 @@ static char *pprint_rename(const char *a, const char *b)
 	new = b + len_b;
 	sfx_length = 0;
 	/*
-	 * Note:
-	 * if pfx_length is 0, old/new will never reach a - 1 because it
-	 * would mean the whole string is common suffix. But then, the
-	 * whole string would also be a common prefix, and we would not
-	 * have pfx_length equals 0.
+	 * If there is a common prefix, it must end in a slash.  In
+	 * that case we let this loop run 1 into the prefix to see the
+	 * same slash.
+	 *
+	 * If there is no common prefix, we cannot do this as it would
+	 * underrun the input strings.
 	 */
-	while (a + pfx_length - 1 <= old &&
-	       b + pfx_length - 1 <= new &&
+	pfx_adjust_for_slash = (pfx_length ? 1 : 0);
+	while (a + pfx_length - pfx_adjust_for_slash <= old &&
+	       b + pfx_length - pfx_adjust_for_slash <= new &&
 	       *old == *new) {
 		if (*old == '/')
 			sfx_length = len_a - (old - a);
-- 
1.8.2.rc1.307.ge0d2dea
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Message 14 of 16 in “diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix overlap”
  1. diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix overlapAntoine Pelisse, Feb 23, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2013
  3. Antoine PelisseFeb 25, 2013
  4. Philip OakleyFeb 25, 2013
  5. Antoine PelisseFeb 25, 2013
  6. diff: Fix rename pretty-print when suffix and prefix overlapAntoine Pelisse, Feb 28, 2013
  7. Thomas RastFeb 28, 2013
  8. Antoine PelisseFeb 28, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2013
  10. tests: make sure rename pretty print worksAntoine Pelisse, Mar 2, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2013
  12. tests: make sure rename pretty print worksAntoine Pelisse, Mar 6, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2013
  14. diff: prevent pprint_rename from underrunning inputThomas Rast, Feb 26, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2013
  16. Antoine PelisseFeb 27, 2013

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