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author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2017-09-27 02:00:28 -0400 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-09-27 15:45:24 +0900 |
commit | 61d36330b422237b6be9581cdbade07782ab61a8 (patch) | |
tree | 3992d5a85c03b6d88924c10f7a79b252e44c36be /aclocal.m4 | |
parent | notes-merge: drop dead zero-write code (diff) | |
download | tgif-61d36330b422237b6be9581cdbade07782ab61a8.tar.xz |
prefer "!=" when checking read_in_full() result
Comparing the result of read_in_full() using less-than is
potentially dangerous, as a negative return value may be
converted to an unsigned type and be considered a success.
This is discussed further in 561598cfcf (read_pack_header:
handle signed/unsigned comparison in read result,
2017-09-13).
Each of these instances is actually fine in practice:
- in get-tar-commit-id, the HEADERSIZE macro expands to a
signed integer. If it were switched to an unsigned type
(e.g., a size_t), then it would be a bug.
- the other two callers check for a short read only after
handling a negative return separately. This is a fine
practice, but we'd prefer to model "!=" as a general
rule.
So all of these cases can be considered cleanups and not
actual bugfixes.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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