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

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, 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 11:37:26
Message-ID: CAEudQAr2gu477cO-6zY549bxhA9BFH00X32Fex7V6dci+vPDHA@mail.gmail.com
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Em seg., 24 de jun. de 2024 às 00:27, Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
escreveu:

> On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 22:34:03 -0300
> Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I am not sure whether we need to change the size of the field,
> but if change it, I wonder it is better to modify the following
> message from MAXPGPATH to MAXPGPATH -1.
>
> errmsg("backup label too long (max %d
> bytes)",
> MAXPGPATH)));
>
Or perhaps, is it better to show the too long label?

errmsg("backup label too long (%s)",
backupidstr)));

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

>
> >
> > So, I think that v3 is ok to fix.
> >
> > best regards,
> > Ranier Vilela
> >
> > >
> > > best regards,
> > > Ranier Vilela
> > >
> > >>
>
>
> --
> Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
>

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