From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/4] notes: don't leak memory in git_config_get_notes_strategy
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:32:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160331233252.GB6120@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRPNt1aNdsONXgX0SkgNiYtTS8vCGQzE2u4+vpd-N-Vew@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 05:08:30PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
> > `value` is just a temporary scratchpad, so we need to make sure it doesn't
> > leak. It is xstrdup'd in `git_config_get_string_const` and
> > `parse_notes_merge_strategy` just compares the string against predefined
> > values, so no need to keep it around longer. Instead of using
> > `git_config_get_string_const`, use `git_config_get_value`, which doesn't
> > return a copy.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
> > @@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static int git_config_get_notes_strategy(const char *key,
> > {
> > const char *value;
> >
> > - if (git_config_get_string_const(key, &value))
> > + if (git_config_get_value(key, &value))
>
> Hmm, doesn't this introduce a rather severe regression? Unless I'm
> misreading the code (possible), with the original, if 'key' was
> boolean (lacked a value in the config file), then it would complain:
>
> Missing value for 'floop.blork'
>
> but, with this change, it will dereference NULL and crash.
>
> (My understanding was that Peff's suggestion to use
> git_config_get_value() implied a bit of work beyond the simple textual
> substitution of 'git_config_get_value' for
> 'git_config_get_string_const'.)
Ah, yeah, I didn't even think about that case. I was thinking that
wouldn't it be nice if we had:
const char *git_config_get_string(const char *key);
which would be a much more natural interface. But the reason we don't is
that we have to represent the "NULL as boolean true" case in the first
place.
So I dunno. Getting the NULL-handling for free is rather nice, and maybe
worth using the normal git_config_get_string(). It's too bad there's not
a variant that just returns a non-allocated pointer, but given that
there is already a confusing proliferation of functions to retrieve a
config string, it's hard to justify adding another.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-31 23:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-31 18:04 [PATCHv3 0/4] Some cleanups Stefan Beller
2016-03-31 18:04 ` [PATCHv3 1/4] notes: don't leak memory in git_config_get_notes_strategy Stefan Beller
2016-03-31 21:08 ` Eric Sunshine
2016-03-31 22:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-31 23:32 ` Jeff King [this message]
2016-03-31 18:04 ` [PATCHv3 2/4] abbrev_sha1_in_line: don't leak memory Stefan Beller
2016-03-31 18:04 ` [PATCHv3 3/4] bundle: don't leak an fd in case of early return Stefan Beller
2016-03-31 19:11 ` Jeff King
2016-03-31 18:04 ` [PATCHv3 4/4] credential-cache, send_request: close fd when done Stefan Beller
2016-03-31 19:12 ` [PATCHv3 0/4] Some cleanups Jeff King
2016-03-31 19:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-31 19:33 ` Jeff King
2016-03-31 20:11 ` Junio C Hamano
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