From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] reducing memory allocations for v2 servers
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:38:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YUDsJNV2mvKl5g29@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy27z11gn.fsf@gitster.g>
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:00:56AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
> > While looking at [1], I noticed that v2 servers will read a few bits of
> > client input into strvecs. Even though we expect these to be small-ish,
> > there's nothing preventing a client from sending us a bunch of junk and
> > wasting memory.
>
> The title of the topic says "reducing", but it smells more to me
> like this is about "limiting" allocations to protect ourselves. Am
> I reading the series correctly?
Yeah, I think "limiting" is probably a better word. We will still
allocate for ref-prefix, of course, but we'll limit the number of
allocations. We did "reduce" the number of spots that allocate, since
capabilities no longer do so. :)
But I think your understanding of the series is correct.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-14 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-14 15:29 [PATCH 0/9] reducing memory allocations for v2 servers Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:30 ` [PATCH 1/9] serve: rename is_command() to parse_command() Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:30 ` [PATCH 2/9] serve: return capability "value" from get_capability() Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:31 ` [PATCH 3/9] serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities table Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:31 ` [PATCH 4/9] serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capability Jeff King
2021-09-14 18:59 ` Martin Ågren
2021-09-14 15:33 ` [PATCH 5/9] serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capability Jeff King
2021-09-14 16:55 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 17:06 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 17:12 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 19:02 ` Martin Ågren
2021-09-14 19:14 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:33 ` [PATCH 6/9] serve: drop "keys" strvec Jeff King
2021-09-14 16:59 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 17:16 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:37 ` [PATCH 7/9] ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix counts Jeff King
2021-09-14 17:18 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 17:27 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 17:23 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 19:06 ` Martin Ågren
2021-09-14 19:22 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 22:09 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 22:11 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 22:15 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 15:37 ` [PATCH 8/9] serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo" Jeff King
2021-09-14 17:21 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 15:37 ` [PATCH 9/9] serve: reject commands used as capabilities Jeff King
2021-09-14 17:30 ` [PATCH 0/9] reducing memory allocations for v2 servers Taylor Blau
2021-09-14 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-14 18:38 ` Jeff King [this message]
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/11] limit " Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] serve: rename is_command() to parse_command() Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] serve: return capability "value" from get_capability() Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities table Jeff King
2021-09-15 0:31 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-15 16:35 ` Jeff King
2021-09-15 16:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-15 16:57 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capability Jeff King
2021-09-15 16:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capability Jeff King
2021-09-15 16:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] serve: drop "keys" strvec Jeff King
2021-09-15 17:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-14 23:51 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix counts Jeff King
2021-09-15 4:16 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-15 16:39 ` Jeff King
2021-09-15 5:00 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-15 16:40 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] docs/protocol-v2: clarify some ls-refs ref-prefix details Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo" Jeff King
2021-09-15 0:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-15 16:28 ` Jeff King
2021-09-15 5:09 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-15 16:32 ` Jeff King
2021-09-15 17:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-15 17:39 ` Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] serve: reject commands used as capabilities Jeff King
2021-09-14 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] ls-refs: reject unknown arguments Jeff King
2021-09-15 0:09 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-15 16:25 ` Jeff King
2021-09-15 4:17 ` [PATCH v2 0/11] limit memory allocations for v2 servers Taylor Blau
2021-09-15 18:33 ` Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:34 ` [PATCH v3 " Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] serve: rename is_command() to parse_command() Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 02/11] serve: return capability "value" from get_capability() Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 03/11] serve: add "receive" method for v2 capabilities table Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 04/11] serve: provide "receive" function for object-format capability Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 05/11] serve: provide "receive" function for session-id capability Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 06/11] serve: drop "keys" strvec Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 07/11] ls-refs: ignore very long ref-prefix counts Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:35 ` [PATCH v3 08/11] docs/protocol-v2: clarify some ls-refs ref-prefix details Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:36 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] serve: reject bogus v2 "command=ls-refs=foo" Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:36 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] serve: reject commands used as capabilities Jeff King
2021-09-15 18:36 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] ls-refs: reject unknown arguments Jeff King
2021-09-15 0:25 ` [PATCH 0/9] reducing memory allocations for v2 servers Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-15 16:41 ` Jeff King
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