Re: [PATCH] diff: avoid stack-buffer-read-overrun for very long name

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On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 18:26, Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bert Wesarg wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 18:13, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> strbuf_ensure_terminator(struct strbuf* buf, int term, int always)?
>
> Nice!  So far, that's the name I prefer.
> But why the third parameter?

See the second part of my reply:

>>> ------------------------------------
>>> builtin/branch.c-     if (!buf.len || buf.buf[buf.len-1] != '\n')
>>> builtin/branch.c:             strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
>>> --
>>> strbuf.h-     if (sb->len && sb->buf[sb->len - 1] != '\n')
>>> strbuf.h:             strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
>
> Please note, that while they are checking the .len, they both behave
> differently if .len == 0 or not.
> The first always append a '\n', the latter only, if the string isn't empty.
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