Re: [PATCH v2] xgethostname: handle long hostnames

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René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> writes:

> How important is it to scan the whole file in one call?  We could split
> it up like this and use a strbuf to handle host names of any length.  We
> need to be permissive here to allow machines with different values for
> HOST_NAME_MAX to work with the same file on a network file system, so
> this would have to be the first patch, right?

Absolutely.  FWIW, I agree with Peff that we do not need to use
fscanf here; just reading a line into strbuf and picking pieces
would be sufficient.

> NB: That && cascade has enough meat for a whole function.

True, too.

>
> René
>
> ---
>  builtin/gc.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
> index 1fca84c19d..d5e880028e 100644
> --- a/builtin/gc.c
> +++ b/builtin/gc.c
> @@ -251,10 +251,9 @@ static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
>  	fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, pidfile_path,
>  				       LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
>  	if (!force) {
> -		static char locking_host[128];
> +		static struct strbuf locking_host = STRBUF_INIT;
>  		int should_exit;
>  		fp = fopen(pidfile_path, "r");
> -		memset(locking_host, 0, sizeof(locking_host));
>  		should_exit =
>  			fp != NULL &&
>  			!fstat(fileno(fp), &st) &&
> @@ -268,9 +267,10 @@ static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
>  			 * running.
>  			 */
>  			time(NULL) - st.st_mtime <= 12 * 3600 &&
> -			fscanf(fp, "%"SCNuMAX" %127c", &pid, locking_host) == 2 &&
> +			fscanf(fp, "%"SCNuMAX" ", &pid) == 1 &&
> +			!strbuf_getwholeline(&locking_host, fp, '\0') &&
>  			/* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
> -			(strcmp(locking_host, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0) || errno == EPERM);
> +			(strcmp(locking_host.buf, my_host) || !kill(pid, 0) || errno == EPERM);
>  		if (fp != NULL)
>  			fclose(fp);
>  		if (should_exit) {
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force, pid_t* ret_pid)
>  				rollback_lock_file(&lock);
>  			*ret_pid = pid;
>  			free(pidfile_path);
> -			return locking_host;
> +			return locking_host.buf;
>  		}
>  	}




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