Re: [PATCH] index-pack: do not segfault when keep_name is NULL
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Mar 17, 2014, 22:07 UTC
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- <xmqqmwgobhtm.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
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- <1394965862-8173-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> keep_name is used to print error messages a couple lines down. Reset
> it to the real path returned by odb_pack_keep() if it's set to NULL by
> caller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
> ---
> One of these moments I will make git log and friends optionally recognize
> "Diff-Options:" line in commit message. Adding -U14 in this case
> should help the reviewer to see how those error messages are printed.
>
> builtin/index-pack.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
> index a6b1c17..d95c3dc 100644
> --- a/builtin/index-pack.c
> +++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
> @@ -1283,9 +1283,10 @@ static void final(const char *final_pack_name, const char *curr_pack_name,
> if (keep_msg) {
> int keep_fd, keep_msg_len = strlen(keep_msg);
>
> - if (!keep_name)
> + if (!keep_name) {
> keep_fd = odb_pack_keep(name, sizeof(name), sha1);
> - else
> + keep_name = name;
> + } else
> keep_fd = open(keep_name, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);I think this fixes the right problem in a wrong way that hurts longer-term maintainability. Why not do
keep_name ? keep_name : name
at the place where the name is used? Otherwise you will have to worry about affecting later codepaths that may want to try to use !keep_name to switch between two codepaths, no?
>
> if (keep_fd < 0) {