From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, stolee@gmail.com,
avarab@gmail.com, szeder.dev@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:35:57 +0100 (STD) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1812202034390.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181219155107.GD14802@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Hi Peff,
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, Jeff King wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 01:05:51PM -0800, Josh Steadmon wrote:
>
> > On 2018.12.18 12:35, Jeff King wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:43:55AM -0800, Josh Steadmon wrote:
> > >
> > > > Add a new fuzz test for the commit graph and fix a buffer read-overflow
> > > > that it discovered. Additionally, fix the Makefile instructions for
> > > > building fuzzers.
> > > >
> > > > Changes since V3:
> > > > * Improve portability of the new test functionality.
> > >
> > > I thought there was some question about /dev/zero, which I think is
> > > in this version (I don't actually know whether there are portability
> > > issues or not, but somebody did mention it).
> > >
> > > -Peff
> >
> > I've only found one reference [1] (from 1999) of OS X Server not having
> > a /dev/zero. It appears to be present as of 2010 though [2].
>
> Thanks for digging. That seems like enough to assume we should try it
> and see if any macOS people complain.
>
> I do wonder if we'll run into problems on Windows, though.
As long as we're talking about Unix shell scripts, /dev/zero should be
fine, as we are essentially running in a variant of Cygwin.
If you try to pass /dev/zero as an argument to a Git command, that's an
entirely different thing: this most likely won't work.
Ciao,
Dscho
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-20 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-05 22:32 [PATCH 0/2] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-05 22:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-05 22:48 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-06 1:00 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 1:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-06 1:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-06 4:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-05 22:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 13:11 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 9:07 ` Jeff King
2018-12-07 13:33 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-12-06 20:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-09 4:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-10 4:28 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-12-10 21:58 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-10 21:56 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-11 9:50 ` Jeff King
2018-12-07 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-01-12 10:57 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-15 19:58 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-13 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2018-12-18 17:35 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Jeff King
2018-12-18 21:05 ` Josh Steadmon
2018-12-19 15:51 ` Jeff King
2018-12-20 19:35 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2018-12-20 20:11 ` Jeff King
2018-12-26 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 " Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 19:59 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 20:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 21:59 ` Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 22:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] Add commit-graph fuzzer and fix buffer overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] commit-graph, fuzz: Add fuzzer for commit-graph Josh Steadmon
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] commit-graph: fix buffer read-overflow Josh Steadmon
2019-02-20 14:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-02-20 16:50 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-01-15 22:25 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] Makefile: correct example fuzz build Josh Steadmon
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