Re: [PATCH] Don't segfault if we failed to inflate a packed delta

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hmm. We should actually make "unpack_entry()" return print an error and 
> return NULL for these cases, rather than die, I think.
>
> Most of the callers seem to already check for NULL (not "load_tree()" in 
> fast-import.c), but for something like fsck, while "die()" is obviously 
> better than a SIGSEGV, we should probably continue and try to see what 
> else we find.
>
> (Although, to be honest, it might not matter. If your pack-file is corrupt 
> enough for this to trigger, there's seldom anything interesting fsck will 
> tell, so in practical terms this probably isn't a big deal).

But if the delta does not apply we already die().  Last night I
and Shawn actually were wondering if it makes sense to have
unpack_entry() die -- quite the opposite of being nicer to fsck.
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