grep_source(), which performs much of the work for Git's grep library,
allows passing an arbitrary struct grep_source which represents the text
which grep_source() should search to match a pattern in the provided
struct grep_opt. In most callers, the grep_source::name field is set to
an appropriate prefix to print before a colon when a result matches:
README:Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General
One caller, grep_buffer(), leaves the grep_source::name field set to
NULL because there isn't enough context to determine an appropriate name
for this kind of output line. In practice, this has been fine: the only
caller of grep_buffer() is "git log --grep", and that caller sets
grep_opt::status_only, which disables output and only checks whether a
match exists. But this is brittle: a future caller can call
grep_buffer() without grep_opt::status_only set, and as soon as it hits
a match, grep_source() will try to print the match and segfault:
(null):Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General
For example, a future caller might want to print all matching lines from
commits which match a regex.
Futureproof by diagnosing early a use of the API that could trigger that
condition, before we know whether the pattern matches:
BUG: grep.c:1783: grep call which could print a name requires
grep_source.name be non-NULL
Aborted
This way, the caller's author gets an indication of how to fix the issue
- by providing grep_source::name or setting grep_opt::status_only - and
they are warned of the potential for a segfault unconditionally, rather
than only if there is a match.
Noticed while adding such a call to a tutorial on revision walks.
Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Since v3, only the commit message has changed. Reworked based on
Jonathan Nieder's suggestions (with some modifications for readability).
- Emily
grep.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 0d50598acd..f7c3a5803e 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -1780,6 +1780,10 @@ static int grep_source_1(struct grep_opt *opt, struct grep_source *gs, int colle
enum grep_context ctx = GREP_CONTEXT_HEAD;
xdemitconf_t xecfg;
+ if (!opt->status_only && gs->name == NULL)
+ BUG("grep call which could print a name requires "
+ "grep_source.name be non-NULL");
+
if (!opt->output)
opt->output = std_output;
--
2.22.0.rc1.257.g3120a18244-goog
