Re: Avoid incomplete copy string (src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c)

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid incomplete copy string (src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c)
Date: 2024-06-24 01:34:03
Message-ID: CAEudQAp2L2GBMwiH6+OO5ZAnZmq2zdUEAu1=VMpYhdRUWvakEQ@mail.gmail.com
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Em dom., 23 de jun. de 2024 às 22:14, Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
escreveu:

> Em dom., 23 de jun. de 2024 às 22:05, Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Em dom., 23 de jun. de 2024 às 21:54, Michael Paquier <
>> michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> escreveu:
>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 09:34:45PM -0300, Ranier Vilela wrote:
>>> > It's not critical code, so I think it's ok to use strlen, even because
>>> the
>>> > result of strlen will already be available using modern compilers.
>>> >
>>> > So, I think it's ok to use memcpy with strlen + 1.
>>>
>>> It seems to me that there is a pretty good argument to just use
>>> strlcpy() for the same reason as the one you cite: this is not a
>>> performance-critical code, and that's just safer.
>>>
>> Yeah, I'm fine with strlcpy. I'm not against it.
>>
> Perhaps, like the v2?
>
> Either v1 or v2, to me, looks good.
>
Thinking about, does not make sense the field size MAXPGPATH + 1.
all other similar fields are just MAXPGPATH.

If we copy MAXPGPATH + 1, it will also be wrong.
So it is necessary to adjust logbackup.h as well.

So, I think that v3 is ok to fix.

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

>
> best regards,
> Ranier Vilela
>
>>

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