1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index db9fb82437..d234551ce0 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ static int pathmap_cmp(const void *hashmap_cmp_fn_data,
 	return strcmp(e1->path, e2->path);
 }
 
+static void init_truncated_large_filter(struct bloom_filter *filter)
+{
+	filter->data = xmalloc(1);
+	filter->data[0] = 0xFF;
+	filter->len = 1;
+}
+
 struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 						 struct commit *c,
 						 int compute_if_not_present,
@@ -260,12 +267,18 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 		}
 
 		if (hashmap_get_size(&pathmap) > settings->max_changed_paths) {
+			init_truncated_large_filter(filter);
 			if (computed)
 				*computed |= BLOOM_TRUNC_LARGE;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
 		filter->len = (hashmap_get_size(&pathmap) * settings->bits_per_entry + BITS_PER_WORD - 1) / BITS_PER_WORD;
+		if (!filter->len) {
+			if (computed)
+				*computed |= BLOOM_TRUNC_EMPTY;
+			filter->len = 1;
+		}
 		filter->data = xcalloc(filter->len, sizeof(unsigned char));
 
 		hashmap_for_each_entry(&pathmap, &iter, e, entry) {
@@ -279,8 +292,7 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < diff_queued_diff.nr; i++)
 			diff_free_filepair(diff_queued_diff.queue[i]);
-		filter->data = NULL;
-		filter->len = 0;
+		init_truncated_large_filter(filter);
 
 		if (computed)
 			*computed |= BLOOM_TRUNC_LARGE;