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Re: [bug-patch] [PATCH] avoid using stat.st_dev and st_ino members of un
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Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-patch] [PATCH] avoid using stat.st_dev and st_ino members of uninitialized "outst" |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:44:36 +0100 |
Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> On Monday 07 February 2011 19:17:02 Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Testing my recent changes, I found an unrelated used-uninitialized bug.
>> It did not look easy to abuse, since the affected data are used only in
>> determining whether a file has already been processed.
>
> I see how this can trigger for ed-style diffs because outst is not used.
> That can easily be fixed though (plus safety check):
>
>
> diff --git a/src/patch.c b/src/patch.c
> index 77be499..0cdaeb9 100644
> --- a/src/patch.c
> +++ b/src/patch.c
> @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
> mode_t file_type;
> int outfd = -1;
>
> + outst.st_size = -1;
> exit_failure = 2;
> program_name = argv[0];
> init_time ();
> @@ -248,10 +249,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
> outstate.ofp);
> if (! dry_run && ! outfile && ! skip_rest_of_patch)
> {
> - struct stat statbuf;
> - if (fstat (outfd, &statbuf) != 0)
> + if (fstat (outfd, &outst) != 0)
> pfatal ("%s", TMPOUTNAME);
> - outstate.zero_output = statbuf.st_size == 0;
> + outstate.zero_output = outst.st_size == 0;
> }
> close (outfd);
> outfd = -1;
> @@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
> set_file_attributes (TMPOUTNAME, attr, inname, &instat,
> mode, &new_time);
>
> + assert (outst.st_size != -1);
> move_file (TMPOUTNAME, &TMPOUTNAME_needs_removal, &outst,
> outname, mode, backup);
That patch is definitely smaller than mine.
> Do you see a way how the assert could still trigger?
No. I prefer yours, even if it's a little harder to review.
Good work.