pack-protocol: fix maximum pkt-line size
According to LARGE_PACKET_MAX in pkt-line.h the maximal length of a pkt-line packet is 65520 bytes. The pkt-line header takes 4 bytes and therefore the pkt-line data component must not exceed 65516 bytes. Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Lars Schneider committed
Aug 29, 2016 at 19:55 UTC
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Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
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@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ pkt-line parsing/formatting routines are 8-bit clean.
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A non-binary line SHOULD BE terminated by an LF, which if present
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MUST be included in the total length.
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-The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65520 bytes.
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-Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65524
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-(65520 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data).
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+The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65516 bytes.
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+Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65520
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+(65516 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data).
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Implementations SHOULD NOT send an empty pkt-line ("0004").
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