do_read_index() mmaps the index, or tries to die with an error message
on failure. It should call xmmap_gently(), which returns MAP_FAILED,
rather than xmmap(), which dies with its own error message.
An easy way to cause this mmap to fail is by setting $GIT_INDEX_FILE to
a path to a directory and then invoking any command that reads from the
index.
Signed-off-by: Varun Naik <vcnaik94@xxxxxxxxx>
---
I believe this is the only place that calls xmmap() when it should be
calling xmmap_gently(). There is a related recent commit 3203566a71
("Use xmmap_gently instead of xmmap in use_pack", 2019-05-16).
read-cache.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 22e7b9944e..4e30dafa9d 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ int do_read_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, int must_exist)
if (mmap_size < sizeof(struct cache_header) + the_hash_algo->rawsz)
die(_("%s: index file smaller than expected"), path);
- mmap = xmmap(NULL, mmap_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+ mmap = xmmap_gently(NULL, mmap_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
if (mmap == MAP_FAILED)
die_errno(_("%s: unable to map index file"), path);
close(fd);
--
2.22.0
