Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapper

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 10, 2026, 16:59 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqa4wfwrgn.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260310-pks-upload-pack-write-contention-v3-5-8bc97aa3e267@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> +ssize_t git_writev(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
> +{
> +	size_t total_written = 0;
> +	size_t sum = 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * According to writev(3p), the syscall shall error with EINVAL in case
> +	 * the sum of `iov_len` overflows `ssize_t`.
> +	 */
> +	 for (int i = 0; i < iovcnt; i++) {
> +		if (iov[i].iov_len > maximum_signed_value_of_type(ssize_t) ||
> +		    iov[i].iov_len + sum > maximum_signed_value_of_type(ssize_t)) {

This made me pause, but I think you cannot wrap-around size_t and end up with a small positive result that would fit in ssize_t by adding two quantities that are smaller than the max_ssize_t so this check should be sufficient.

> +			errno = EINVAL;
> +			return -1;
> +		}