From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:51:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] http.postbuffer: allow full range of ssize_t values
Message-ID: <xmqqfuhtxm01.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170331172631.12024-1-dturner@twosigma.com>

David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com> writes:

> +static int git_parse_ssize_t(const char *value, ssize_t *ret)
> +{
> +	ssize_t tmp;
> +	if (!git_parse_signed(value, &tmp, maximum_signed_value_of_type(ssize_t)))
> +		return 0;
> +	*ret = tmp;
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
>  NORETURN
>  static void die_bad_number(const char *name, const char *value)
>  {
> @@ -892,6 +901,14 @@ unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *name, const char *value)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +ssize_t git_config_ssize_t(const char *name, const char *value)
> +{
> +	ssize_t ret;
> +	if (!git_parse_ssize_t(value, &ret))
> +		die_bad_number(name, value);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +

Thanks.