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

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid incomplete copy string (src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c)
Date: 2024-07-01 19:58:06
Message-ID: CAEudQAqPePSd3z_U8SmZSYh2HVxy3OKCNCVn+ksFESQa1EwSvQ@mail.gmail.com
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Em seg., 1 de jul. de 2024 às 16:20, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
escreveu:

> > On 1 Jul 2024, at 21:15, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
> > On 2024-Jul-01, Ranier Vilela wrote:
>
> >>> - char name[MAXPGPATH + 1];
> >>> + char name[MAXPGPATH];/* backup label name */
> >>>
> >>> With the introduced use of strlcpy, why do we need to change this
> field?
> >>>
> >> The part about being the only reference in the entire code that uses
> >> MAXPGPATH + 1.
> >
> > The bit I don't understand about this discussion is what will happen
> > with users that currently have exactly 1024 chars in backup names today.
> > With this change, we'll be truncating their names to 1023 chars instead.
> > Why would they feel that such change is welcome?
>
> That's precisely what I was getting at. Maybe it makes sense to change,
> maybe
> not, but that's not for this patch to decide as that's a different
> discussion
> from using safe string copying API's.
>
Ok, this is not material for the proposal and can be considered unrelated.

We only have to replace it with strlcpy.

v7 attached.

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

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