Re: [PATCH] Don't crash if ai_canonname comes back as null

[Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>]

On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Fixes a weird bug where git-daemon was segfaulting
>> when started by sh(1) because ai_canonname was null.
>> ---
>> Fixed based on feedback.
>
> Hmm.
>
> I've been waiting for feedback to a patch proposed earlier in the same
> area, which is <49F5BA55.3060606@googlemail.com> ($gmane/117670).  How
> does this new one relate to it?

I can't comment much on the correctness of the code - my patch was the  
minimal change to have it not crash.

The other patch also works for me to prevent the crash, and looks like  
it might be a little more correct in terms of having a meaningful  
hostname.

>> daemon.c |    2 +-
>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
>> index 13401f1..ae21d92 100644
>> --- a/daemon.c
>> +++ b/daemon.c
>> @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static void parse_extra_args(char *extra_args,  
>> int
>> buflen)
>> 				inet_ntop(AF_INET, &sin_addr->sin_addr,
>> 					  addrbuf, sizeof(addrbuf));
>> 				free(canon_hostname);
>> -				canon_hostname = xstrdup(ai->ai_canonname);
>> +				canon_hostname = ai->ai_canonname ?
>> xstrdup(ai->ai_canonname) : NULL;
>> 				free(ip_address);
>> 				ip_address = xstrdup(addrbuf);
>> 				break;
>> --
>> 1.6.2.GIT
>