"brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

>> I can think of three possible approaches:
>> 
>> * Allocate with a margin (GIT_MAX_RAWSZ - the_hash_algo->rawsz) where
>>   "necessary" (TM). Maybe not so maintainable.
>
> I think there are actually several places where we allocate for these
> buffers, so this is not likely to be a great solution. Even worse, in
> some cases, we intentionally use a too-short buffer knowing that we'll
> never dereference the data.
>
>> * Teach `oidset_insert()` (i.e., khash) to only copy
>>   `the_hash_algo->rawsz` bytes. Maybe not so good for performance.
>
> This is probably the best fix for the moment if you want an immediate
> fix.
>
> As for my series, I'll need to run the testsuite on it, but I'll try to
> get it out tonight or at the latest tomorrow if people want to use that
> instead.

Thanks.

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