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: 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 17:38:20
Message-ID: CAEudQAq_VsYzTQOAGeqvZ2fyYwU2ZNQsfCPhQMhjiTOH5=Pc3Q@mail.gmail.com
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Em seg., 1 de jul. de 2024 às 14:35, Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
escreveu:

> Em seg., 1 de jul. de 2024 às 06:20, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
> escreveu:
>
>> > On 27 Jun 2024, at 13:50, Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> > Now with file patch really attached.
>>
>> - if (strlen(backupidstr) > MAXPGPATH)
>> + if (strlcpy(state->name, backupidstr, sizeof(state->name)) >=
>> sizeof(state->name))
>> ereport(ERROR,
>>
>> Stylistic nit perhaps, I would keep the strlen check here and just
>> replace the
>> memcpy with strlcpy. Using strlen in the error message check makes the
>> code
>> more readable.
>>
> This is not performance-critical code, so I see no problem using strlen,
> for the sake of readability.
>
>
>>
>> - 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.
> MAXPGPATH is defined as 1024, so MAXPGPATH +1 is 1025.
> I think this hurts the calculation of the array index,
> preventing power two optimization.
>
> Another argument is that all other paths have a 1023 size limit,
> I don't see why the backup label would have to be different.
>
> New version patch attached.
>
Sorry for v5, I forgot to update the patch and it was an error.

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

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