append_signoff: use size_t for string offsets

The append_signoff() function takes an "int" to specify the
number of bytes to ignore. Most callers just pass 0, and the
remainder use ignore_non_trailer() to skip over cruft.
That function also returns an int, and uses them internally.

On systems where size_t is larger than an int (i.e., most
64-bit systems), dealing with a ridiculously large commit
message could end up overflowing an int, producing
surprising results (e.g., returning a negative offset, which
would cause us to look outside the original string).

Let's consistently use size_t for these offsets through this
whole stack. As a bonus, this makes the meaning of
"ignore_footer" as an offset (and not a boolean) more clear.
But while we're here, let's also document the interface.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

4 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 0030e79940..873ef0d5b1 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1687,10 +1687,10 @@ const char *find_commit_header(const char *msg, const char *key, size_t *out_len
  * Returns the number of bytes from the tail to ignore, to be fed as
  * the second parameter to append_signoff().
  */
-int ignore_non_trailer(const char *buf, size_t len)
+size_t ignore_non_trailer(const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	int boc = 0;
-	int bol = 0;
+	size_t boc = 0;
+	size_t bol = 0;
 	int in_old_conflicts_block = 0;
 	size_t cutoff = wt_status_locate_end(buf, len);
 
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index c3af512f8b..1f7b97cebd 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ extern const char *find_commit_header(const char *msg, const char *key,
 				      size_t *out_len);
 
 /* Find the end of the log message, the right place for a new trailer. */
-extern int ignore_non_trailer(const char *buf, size_t len);
+extern size_t ignore_non_trailer(const char *buf, size_t len);
 
 typedef int (*each_mergetag_fn)(struct commit *commit, struct commit_extra_header *extra,
 				 void *cb_data);
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 51ef7245b1..f24d6c3597 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static const char *get_todo_path(const struct replay_opts *opts)
  * Returns 3 when sob exists within conforming footer as last entry
  */
 static int has_conforming_footer(struct strbuf *sb, struct strbuf *sob,
-	int ignore_footer)
+	size_t ignore_footer)
 {
 	struct process_trailer_options opts = PROCESS_TRAILER_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	struct trailer_info info;
@@ -3660,7 +3660,7 @@ int sequencer_pick_revisions(struct replay_opts *opts)
 	return res;
 }
 
-void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, int ignore_footer, unsigned flag)
+void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, size_t ignore_footer, unsigned flag)
 {
 	unsigned no_dup_sob = flag & APPEND_SIGNOFF_DEDUP;
 	struct strbuf sob = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
index c5787c6b56..06ff5ff065 100644
--- a/sequencer.h
+++ b/sequencer.h
@@ -85,7 +85,14 @@ int rearrange_squash(void);
 
 extern const char sign_off_header[];
 
-void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, int ignore_footer, unsigned flag);
+/*
+ * Append a signoff to the commit message in "msgbuf". The ignore_footer
+ * parameter specifies the number of bytes at the end of msgbuf that should
+ * not be considered at all. I.e., they are not checked for existing trailers,
+ * and the new signoff will be spliced into the buffer before those bytes.
+ */
+void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, size_t ignore_footer, unsigned flag);
+
 void append_conflicts_hint(struct strbuf *msgbuf);
 int message_is_empty(const struct strbuf *sb,
 		     enum commit_msg_cleanup_mode cleanup_mode);