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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
	 Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] pack-bitmap: handle missing bitmap for base MIDX
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:41:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqv7anfr5b.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0b27860478a284719755b8ac2386862c1fc3d0e7.1783590159.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget's message of "Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:42:36 +0000")

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
writes:

> This can happen in practice with incremental MIDX chains: the base MIDX
> may have been written without `--write-bitmap-index`, or the bitmap may
> have been pruned while the incremental layer's bitmap still references
> it.
>
> Check the return value and go to the cleanup label (which unmaps the
> current bitmap and returns -1) so the caller falls back to non-bitmap
> object enumeration, matching the handling of other bitmap loading
> failures in the same function.

Nicely reasoned.  It would have been nicer to CC those who are more
familiar with the area, though.

Cc'ed Taylor for incremental MIDX expertise just in case.

Thanks.

>
> Pointed out by Coverity.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>  pack-bitmap.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
> index e8a82945cc..ca7998c10b 100644
> --- a/pack-bitmap.c
> +++ b/pack-bitmap.c
> @@ -523,6 +523,10 @@ static int open_midx_bitmap_1(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
>  
>  	if (midx->base_midx) {
>  		bitmap_git->base = prepare_midx_bitmap_git(midx->base_midx);
> +		if (!bitmap_git->base) {
> +			warning(_("could not open bitmap for base MIDX"));
> +			goto cleanup;
> +		}
>  		bitmap_git->base_nr = bitmap_git->base->base_nr + 1;
>  	} else {
>  		bitmap_git->base_nr = 0;

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10  3:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-09  9:42 [PATCH 00/11] coverity: avoid dereferencing NULL Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 01/11] diffcore-break: guard against NULLed queue entries in merge loop Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:11   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 02/11] diff: handle NULL return from repo_get_commit_tree() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:11   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 03/11] remote: guard `remote_tracking()` against NULL remote Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 04/11] reftable/stack: guard against NULL list_file in stack_destroy Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 05/11] mailsplit: move NULL check before first use of file handle Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 06/11] bisect: handle NULL commit in `bisect_successful()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 07/11] replay: die when --onto does not peel to a commit Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 08/11] revision: avoid dereferencing NULL in `add_parents_only()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:41   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 09/11] pack-bitmap: handle missing bitmap for base MIDX Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  3:41   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 10/11] bisect: ensure non-NULL `head` before using it Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10  4:01   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-09  9:42 ` [PATCH 11/11] shallow: fix NULL dereference Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09 20:10   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-10 11:39 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] coverity: avoid dereferencing NULL Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] diffcore-break: guard against NULLed queue entries in merge loop Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] diff: handle NULL return from repo_get_commit_tree() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] remote: guard `remote_tracking()` against NULL remote Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] reftable/stack: guard against NULL list_file in stack_destroy Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] mailsplit: move NULL check before first use of file handle Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] bisect: handle NULL commit in `bisect_successful()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] replay: die when --onto does not peel to a commit Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] revision: avoid dereferencing NULL in `add_parents_only()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] pack-bitmap: handle missing bitmap for base MIDX Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] bisect: ensure non-NULL `head` before using it Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] shallow: fix NULL dereference Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 11:39   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] shallow: give write_one_shallow() its own hex buffer Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 15:46   ` [PATCH v2 00/12] coverity: avoid dereferencing NULL Junio C Hamano

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