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Re: [PATCH v2] compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to write

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 24, 2018, 01:43 UTC
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Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón  <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
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> in f48000fc ("Yank writing-back support from gitfakemmap.", 2005-10-08)
> support for writting back changes was removed but the specific prot
> flag that would be used was not checked for
>
> Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>     
> * reset-author to match signature
> * cleanup commit message and add ACK
Thanks.  Looking good.
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>  compat/mmap.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/compat/mmap.c b/compat/mmap.c
> index 7f662fef7b..14d31010df 100644
> --- a/compat/mmap.c
> +++ b/compat/mmap.c
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t of
>  {
>  	size_t n = 0;
>  
> -	if (start != NULL || !(flags & MAP_PRIVATE))
> +	if (start != NULL || flags != MAP_PRIVATE || prot != PROT_READ)
>  		die("Invalid usage of mmap when built with NO_MMAP");
>  
>  	start = xmalloc(length);
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Message 4 of 4 in “compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to write”
  1. compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to writecarlo, Oct 23, 2018
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 23, 2018
  3. compat: make sure git_mmap is not expected to writeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 23, 2018
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2018

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