pkt-line: add size parameter to packet_length()

hex2chr() takes care not to run over the end of a NUL-terminated string.
It's used in packet_length(), but both callers of that function pass a
four-byte buffer, making NUL-checks unnecessary.  packet_length() could
accidentally be used with a pointer to a buffer of unknown size at new
call-sites, though, and the compiler wouldn't complain.

Add a size parameter plus check, and remove the NUL-checks by calling
hexval() directly.  This trades three NUL checks against one size check
and the ability to report the use of a short buffer at runtime.

If any of the four bytes is NUL or -- more generally -- not a
hexadecimal digit, then packet_length() still returns a negative value.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pkt-line.h b/pkt-line.h
index 7c23a4bfaf..954eec8719 100644
--- a/pkt-line.h
+++ b/pkt-line.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int packet_read(int fd, char *buffer, unsigned size, int options);
  * If lenbuf_hex contains non-hex characters, return -1. Otherwise, return the
  * numeric value of the length header.
  */
-int packet_length(const char lenbuf_hex[4]);
+int packet_length(const char lenbuf_hex[4], size_t size);
 
 /*
  * Read a packetized line into a buffer like the 'packet_read()' function but