Re: [PATCH v5 03/15] pkt-line: add `gentle` parameter to format_packet()

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> On 10 Aug 2016, at 15:15, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 03:03:59PM +0200, larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> format_packet() dies if the caller wants to format a packet larger than
>> LARGE_PACKET_MAX. Certain callers might prefer an error response instead.
> 
> I am not sure I agree here. Certainly I see the usefulness of gently
> handling a failure to write(). But if you are passing in too-large
> buffers, isn't that a bug in the program?
> 
> How would you recover, except by splitting up the content? That might
> not be possible depending on how you are using the pkt-lines. And even
> if it is, wouldn't it be simpler to split it up before sending it to
> format_packet()?

Good argument. I agree - this patch should be dropped.

Thanks,
Lars
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