Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] use HOST_NAME_MAX to size buffers for gethostname(2)

["Torsten Bögershausen" <tboegi@web.de>]

On 2017-04-19 22:02, René Scharfe wrote:
> Am 19.04.2017 um 21:09 schrieb Torsten Bögershausen:
>> On 2017-04-19 19:28, René Scharfe wrote:
>> []
>> One or two minor comments inline
>>> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
>>> index 2daede7820..4c1c01e87d 100644
>>> --- a/builtin/gc.c
>>> +++ b/builtin/gc.c
>>> @@ -228,21 +228,99 @@ static int need_to_gc(void)
>>>       return 1;
>>>   }
>>>   +struct pidfile {
>>> +    struct strbuf buf;
>>> +    char *hostname;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +#define PIDFILE_INIT { STRBUF_INIT }
>>> +
>>> +static void pidfile_release(struct pidfile *pf)
>>> +{
>>> +    pf->hostname = NULL;
>>> +    strbuf_release(&pf->buf);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static int pidfile_read(struct pidfile *pf, const char *path,
>>> +            unsigned int max_age_seconds)
>>> +{
>>> +    int fd;
>>> +    struct stat st;
>>> +    ssize_t len;
>>> +    char *space;
>>> +    int rc = -1;
>>> +
>>> +    fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
>>> +    if (fd < 0)
>>> +        return rc;
>>> +
>>> +    if (fstat(fd, &st))
>>> +        goto out;
>>> +    if (time(NULL) - st.st_mtime > max_age_seconds)
>>> +        goto out;
>>> +    if (st.st_size > (size_t)st.st_size)
>>
>> Minor: we need xsize_t here ?
>> if (st.st_size > xsize_t(st.st_size))
> 
> No, xsize_t() would do the same check and die on overflow, and pidfile_read() is
> supposed to handle big pids gracefully.
This about the file size, isn't it ?
And here xsize_t should be save to use and good practise.