Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] fsck: do not die when not enough memory to examine a pack entry

From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:45:34 +0700

fsck is a tool that error() is more preferred than die(), but many
functions embed die() inside beyond fsck's control.
unpack_compressed_entry()'s using xmallocz is such a function,
triggered from verify_packfile() -> unpack_entry(). Make it use
xmallocz_gentle() instead.

Noticed-by: Dale R. Worley <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <[email-masked]>
---
 sha1_file.c      | 4 +++-
 t/t1050-large.sh | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 34d527f..eb69c78 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -1925,7 +1925,9 @@ static void *unpack_compressed_entry(struct packed_git *p,
 	git_zstream stream;
 	unsigned char *buffer, *in;
 
-	buffer = xmallocz(size);
+	buffer = xmallocz_gentle(size);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return NULL;
 	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
 	stream.next_out = buffer;
 	stream.avail_out = size + 1;
diff --git a/t/t1050-large.sh b/t/t1050-large.sh
index aea4936..5642f84 100755
--- a/t/t1050-large.sh
+++ b/t/t1050-large.sh
@@ -163,4 +163,10 @@ test_expect_success 'zip achiving, deflate' '
 	git archive --format=zip HEAD >/dev/null
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fsck' '
+	test_must_fail git fsck 2>err &&
+	n=$(grep "error: attempting to allocate .* over limit" err | wc -l) &&
+	test "$n" -gt 1
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.9.1.346.ga2b5940