resolve_symlink(): take a strbuf parameter

Change resolve_symlink() to take a strbuf rather than a string as parameter. This simplifies the code and removes an arbitrary pathname length restriction. It also means that lock_file's filename field no longer needs to be initialized to a large size. Helped-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Michael Haggerty committed Oct 1, 2014 at 12:28 UTC 6cad805332e3c3a60993f062afd8d896920689ab
1 file changed +22 -35
lockfile.c
+22 -35
@@ -109,58 +109,47 @@ static char *last_path_elm(char *p)
109 #define MAXDEPTH 5
110
111 /*
112 - * p = path that may be a symlink
113 - * s = full size of p
112 + * path contains a path that might be a symlink.
113 *
115 - * If p is a symlink, attempt to overwrite p with a path to the real
116 - * file or directory (which may or may not exist), following a chain of
117 - * symlinks if necessary. Otherwise, leave p unmodified.
114 + * If path is a symlink, attempt to overwrite it with a path to the
115 + * real file or directory (which may or may not exist), following a
116 + * chain of symlinks if necessary. Otherwise, leave path unmodified.
117 *
119 - * This is a best-effort routine. If an error occurs, p will either be
120 - * left unmodified or will name a different symlink in a symlink chain
121 - * that started with p's initial contents.
122 - *
123 - * Always returns p.
118 + * This is a best-effort routine. If an error occurs, path will
119 + * either be left unmodified or will name a different symlink in a
120 + * symlink chain that started with the original path.
121 */
125 -
126 -static char *resolve_symlink(char *p, size_t s)
122 +static void resolve_symlink(struct strbuf *path)
123 {
124 int depth = MAXDEPTH;
125 static struct strbuf link = STRBUF_INIT;
126
127 while (depth--) {
132 - if (strbuf_readlink(&link, p, strlen(p)) < 0)
128 + if (strbuf_readlink(&link, path->buf, path->len) < 0)
129 break;
130
135 - if (is_absolute_path(link.buf)) {
131 + if (is_absolute_path(link.buf))
132 /* absolute path simply replaces p */
137 - if (link.len < s)
138 - strcpy(p, link.buf);
139 - else {
140 - warning("%s: symlink too long", p);
141 - break;
142 - }
143 - } else {
133 + strbuf_reset(path);
134 + else {
135 /*
136 * link is a relative path, so replace the
137 * last element of p with it.
138 */
148 - char *r = (char *)last_path_elm(p);
149 - if (r - p + link.len < s)
150 - strcpy(r, link.buf);
151 - else {
152 - warning("%s: symlink too long", p);
153 - break;
154 - }
139 + char *r = last_path_elm(path->buf);
140 + strbuf_setlen(path, r - path->buf);
141 }
142 +
143 + strbuf_addbuf(path, &link);
144 }
145 strbuf_reset(&link);
158 - return p;
146 }
147
148 /* Make sure errno contains a meaningful value on error */
149 static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
150 {
151 + size_t pathlen = strlen(path);
152 +
153 if (!lock_file_list) {
154 /* One-time initialization */
155 sigchain_push_common(remove_lock_file_on_signal);
@@ -175,7 +164,7 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
164 lk->fd = -1;
165 lk->active = 0;
166 lk->owner = 0;
178 - strbuf_init(&lk->filename, PATH_MAX);
167 + strbuf_init(&lk->filename, pathlen + LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN);
168 lk->next = lock_file_list;
169 lock_file_list = lk;
170 lk->on_list = 1;
@@ -185,11 +174,9 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
174 path);
175 }
176
188 - strbuf_addstr(&lk->filename, path);
189 - if (!(flags & LOCK_NODEREF)) {
190 - resolve_symlink(lk->filename.buf, lk->filename.alloc);
191 - strbuf_setlen(&lk->filename, strlen(lk->filename.buf));
192 - }
177 + strbuf_add(&lk->filename, path, pathlen);
178 + if (!(flags & LOCK_NODEREF))
179 + resolve_symlink(&lk->filename);
180 strbuf_addstr(&lk->filename, LOCK_SUFFIX);
181 lk->fd = open(lk->filename.buf, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
182 if (lk->fd < 0) {