From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, stolee@gmail.com, avarab@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 04:50:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181211095002.GB31588@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181210215649.GC37614@google.com>
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 01:56:49PM -0800, Josh Steadmon wrote:
> > "stat(1)" is not so portable, so you'll get complaints from minority
> > platform users later. So is "truncate(1)".
>
> Ack, thanks for the catch. I have a workaround for stat in the form of
> "wc -c", and for truncate with a combination of dd and /dev/zero.
> However, I'm finding conflicting information about whether or not
> /dev/zero exists on macOS. At the least, it sounds like it might not
> work on very old versions. Would this be acceptable, or should I add a
> new test function to do this?
If you're just interested in truncation (and not a bunch of zero bytes),
you can dd from /dev/null.
Another way to truncate is to move the file elsewhere, and then copy
only some of the bytes back (see t1450's "fsck detects truncated loose
object").
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-11 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-05 22:32 [PATCH 0/2] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-05 22:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-05 22:48 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-06 1:00 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 1:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-06 1:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-06 4:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-05 22:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 13:11 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 9:07 ` Jeff King
2018-12-07 13:33 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-09 4:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-10 4:28 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-10 21:58 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-10 21:56 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-11 9:50 ` Jeff King [this message]
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-01-12 10:57 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-15 19:58 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2018-12-18 17:35 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Jeff King
2018-12-18 21:05 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-19 15:51 ` Jeff King
2018-12-20 19:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-12-20 20:11 ` Jeff King
2018-12-26 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 " Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 20:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 21:59 ` Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 22:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-02-20 14:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-02-20 16:50 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
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